Title: Scholarly essays more than memoir
Review: I enjoyed listening to Mr. Fussell's commentary in Ken Burn's "The War" documentary and thought I might benefit from reading this book. This book consists mostly of essays, but I found it rather tedious to read at times----perhaps those who share his literary scholarship would appreciate this format more than a general audience. I did appreciate his sentiments about the absurd romanticism and the lack of shared sacrafice surrounding WW2---and am sympathetic to his obvious anger and resentment as a result. I would have preferred reading a memoir that was more of a straightforward, revealing narrative (omitting esoteric literary references) about his combat experience.
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