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Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce (Paperback)

by Stanley Weintraub (Author)

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Plume Books; Reprint edition (Nov 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0452283671
ISBN-13: 978-0452283671
Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.2 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 100,019 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful look at a very special Christmas, 20 Feb 2004

By	Kurt A. Johnson (Marseilles, IL USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Silent Night: the Story of World War I's Christmas Truce (Hardcover)

In 1914, as the Great War turned from a glorious adventure into a grinder of human meat, something unexpected and beautiful happened. When Christmas Eve arrived, quite against orders, peace mysteriously broke out. In many places along No-Man's Land, soldiers from the opposing armies mingled, traded trinkets, sang songs, and even played impromptu soccer matches. This is the story of that all too brief interlude in that human tragedy that was the First World War.

The author of this book has brought together a wonderful book. It is a collection of anecdotes about that Christmas Truce, complete with a series of pictures. Being a minor student of that tragic war, I could not help but be touched by this story, being at times brought close to tears by some of the stories.

I must admit that I found the author's speculation on what might have happened if the opposing armies had decided to make the peace permanent to be quite fanciful, and rather anticlimactic. That said, though, this is a wonderful book, one that is quite informative on a little studied chapter of World War I. I highly recommend this book to all readers!

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4.0 out of 5 stars An amazing episode in war, 11 Jan 2008

By	Kay Sanders (Huddersfield, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silent Night: the Story of World War I's Christmas Truce (Hardcover)

Prior to reading this book, I has wondered whether some of the tales of the Christmas truce were exaggerated. Weintraub in this excellently researched book quotes from soldiers on both sides. The illustrations are also extremely well-chosen. I would recommend anyone to read it who has an interest in twentieth century history. The final chapter on how history could have been different was rather speculative, but challenged the reader to consider the might-have-beens and I suspect would spark lively debate in a reader's group. The only part of this book I did not like was the author's style. The use of spade as a verb - "he was spaded into the ground" - and other linguistic foibles were irritating and marred the readability of the text. Nonetheless it was a good read and one which I am sure I will enjoy revisiting in the future.

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