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Title: Not what I expected. Disappointing.
Review: I feel a little duped here...The title of the book, "To the Last Man", implies that the book is about the soldier in the trenches. The cover art shows soldiers coming out of the trenches as well. I was excited about the prospect of reading fiction about the soldiers in the trenches. And the introductory chapter came through for me in fine style. Very well written and should have gotten the book off to a good start.Then Shaara spends the next dozen or so chapters on fighter pilots! How did his story of the pilots related to the title "To the Last Man"? I can understand a need to place the entire story of the war into its historical context, but this facet of the story went on forever and ever!My attentions were barely holding on when we got to General Pershing and the AEF, but even then it fell a little flat. Too much politics and not enough on the soldiers themselves.Not Shaara's best work in my opinion. Though I shall remain a loyal fan.
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