Army Book Errata?

[martin goddard]

Sadly, war is gruesome, agreed.

Should we be protected from relevant detail? Probably not.
The Beevor book might therefore have a warning that it is unexpurgated?
I expect we have all read and seen footage of much grimmer accounts than those in Beevor.

I will still read such books with interest.

martin

[Sean Clark]

Yep, I'll read them but don't mind admitting they can have an emotional impact. In truth there's not much joy in any of the military history we read, but I think time and distance can tend to sanitise the grim reality of it for use sometimes.

The rape of Nanking remains one of the worst things I've read about though.

[Colonel Kilgore]

I think it's important not to forget what happened. 20th Century civil wars (SCW, RCW..) do seem.to have been especially brutal.

Simon