Memoirs of an Infantry Officer

by Siegfried Sassoon

Overview

Personal narratives of a British officer on the Western front during World War I.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931313810
Publisher:	Simon Publications
Publication date:	12/01/1930
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	334
Product dimensions:	5.02(w) x 8.04(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967) was a poet and novelist whose novels include the James Tait Black Award–winning Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. He is recognized as one of the great poets of World War I and one of the war’s most influential opponents.

Paul Fussell (1925–2012) was a writer, editor, and historian whose experiences in World War II led to his writing the award-winning classic The Great War and Modern Memory. He was also the editor of the collection Sassoon’s Long Journey.

Table of Contents

I.	At the Army School	9
II.	The Raid	21
III.	Before the Push	41
IV.	Battle	59
V.	Escape	119
VI.	At the Depot	145
VII.	Rouen in February	167
VIII.	The Second Battalion	183
IX.	Hospital and Convalescence	243
X.	Independent Action	273

Editorial Reviews

"A book of deep beauty and abiding significance. A book which will, I hope and believe, be read by millions."
—Harold Nicholson

"Those who in future really want to understand the atmosphere of the years 1916 and 1917, and the conditions of life, will turn back to this book."
—Daily Telegraph

“...a document of intense and sensitive humanity.”
—The New Statesman

From the Publisher

★ 01/01/2016
. pap. $16.A classic among classics, while this may be a "fictionalized" account of Sassoon's experiences in the trenches of World War I, it seems the only fictionalized parts are the names of his characters. Sassoon's story features an arc found in many other war memoirs: he begins eager for combat and glory and ends as a disillusioned, angry, broken veteran. Sassoon's writing makes him familiar and relatable, allowing the reader to picture themselves in these terrifying straits.

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