The Last of the Doughboys
The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War
by Richard Rubin
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appears in World War 1, History, and Nonfiction.
?Richard Rubin has done something that will never be possible for anyone to do again. His interviews with the last American World War I veterans?who have all since died?bring to vivid life a cataclysm that changed our world forever but that remains curiously forgotten here.??Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebelli...
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appears in World War 1, History, and Nonfiction.
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“Plain, economical prose drops you into frontline life and tracks the slow erosion of youthful enthusiasm into numbness. What works best is the intimate, day‑to‑day realism—small details of mud, fear, boredom and comradeship make the horror immediate. The main limitation is repetitiveness: similar episodes of bombardment, fatigue and brief leaves can blunt narrative momentum. Narrow viewpoint keeps wider politics offstage, so expect an emotionally draining, tightly focused portrait rather than a panoramic history.”
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