Civilization, 1914-1917 is a largely autobiographical narrative of the Great War written by a remarkable observer-a French physician, poet, and novelist who treated the wounded and performed some two thousand operations in mobile hospital units during the war. First published in 1918 and translated into English the following year, the book was awarded the Prix Goncourt and a special award of the Academie Francaise. Out of print for ninety years, Georges Duhamel's account is available once more in this Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Series edition featuring a new introduction by Catharine Savage...
Civilization, 1914-1917 is a largely autobiographical narrative of the Great War written by a remarkable observer-a French physician, poet, and noveli...