... for someone looking for the overall picture of the war or even of this battle. Gilbert does not give the reader the big picture. What he does give is individual snapshots of an absolute hell on earth. If the reader is looking for glory and heroes, he will not find it here. What he will find is the day to day ... ...
... assigned, were dropped off 100 miles from the beach. There he fought bullets above, below, dodged German obstacles, and dove for cover so that he could get two rolls of snapshots i! n as well. He developed and sent the pictures to Life magazine, then rushed back to the war scene because after we finally got through the German line, the invasion of ... ...
... reader. As Macmullian states in his review 'The terrent expands into France', "'To Lose A Battle' is very well mapped and indexed."[iii] The pictures range from battle scenes to casual snapshots to very formal. The variety of photographs holds the readers attention for a while as they imagine the scene or scenario in which it took place. During the reading of this ... ...
