tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post8996188780182375111..comments2023-09-26T10:38:21.961-04:00Comments on The View From the Last House in America: Better Late for Memorial Day than Never...Kim Velkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06729808121762572706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-45859336187895134202010-06-15T09:52:49.478-04:002010-06-15T09:52:49.478-04:00I agree.
From the books I've read, the vast m...I agree.<br /><br />From the books I've read, the vast majority of officers, at least at the early stages, came from the well-off class. Unfortunately, most of them got wacked early on. Thus, in Britain, 1916 saw the "Pals Battalions" and more of the great unwashed elevated to officer rank.<br /><br />Of course, the U.S. didn't necessarily have that problem, though we weren't in the war that long.<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-56104943812934275972010-06-14T17:27:06.969-04:002010-06-14T17:27:06.969-04:00Hey R - Thoughtful as usual. What do you think of...Hey R - Thoughtful as usual. What do you think of the fact that the officer class in WWI really came from elite, highly educated (classically educated) backgrounds as another contributing factor.<br /><br />MMe - I would be very interested to hear what you thought of it.Kim Velkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729808121762572706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-74759497784122783102010-06-13T13:31:02.558-04:002010-06-13T13:31:02.558-04:00I haven't read this book, as I tend to shy awa...I haven't read this book, as I tend to shy away from Sassoon for some odd reason. But you have inspired me to reach out and try. Thanks.Madame DeFargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172239340844485940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10709507.post-10187870632390771072010-06-11T08:41:33.195-04:002010-06-11T08:41:33.195-04:00As horrible as it sounds, WWI created a lot of gre...As horrible as it sounds, WWI created a lot of great writers, much more so than WWII. I've often tried to figure out "why," and I think it's because of the static nature of trench combat. It provided a lot of "down time" between moments of terror for the poetic to organize their thoughts.<br /><br />Thanks for directing us to that book. I'd not heard of it either.<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com