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Cassell Military Classics: War Story (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
Cassell Military Classics War Story - Cassell Military Paperbacks Author:Derek Robinson Filled with thrills, this novel by Booker Prize nominee Robinson also serves as a frightening exposé of the absurdities of the First World War. In 1916, Oliver Paxton enters the Royal Flying Corps a naïve young patriot. Pompous, foolish, and enthusiastic, he is determined to prove himself. But, as the realities of war, as well as the... more » lax morals and casual cruelty of his fellow pilots, take their toll, Paxton becomes as disillusioned as those who surround him. "...superlatively well done..."--Times Literary Supplement.« less