Undertones of War

In a beautifully-rendered memoir of the Great War, the English poet recounts his experiences in the combat zones of France and Flanders.

Using his gifts as a distinguished poet, Edmund Blunden masterfully shares memories from his service in combat along with the feelings they invoked in him. After enlisting at the age of twenty, he took part in the destructive battles of the Somme, Ypres, and Passchendaele, which he describes as "murder, not only to the troops but to their singing faiths and...