Killer Butterflies

In this ground-breaking work, James Roberts examines the willingness and ability of British volunteer and conscript infantrymen of the Great War to perform the soldier's fundamental role: to kill or maim the enemy, and accept the attendant chance of being killed or wounded. Literature to date has been, paradoxically, somewhat silent on the soldier'

In aceasta lucrare revolutionara, James Roberts examineaza disponibilitatea si capacitatea voluntarilor britanici si a infanteristilor recrutati din Marele Razboi de a indeplini rolul fundamental al soldatului: uciderea sau mutilarea inamicului si acceptarea sanselor insotitoare de a fi ucis sau ranit. Literatura de pana acum a fost, paradoxal, oarecum tacuta asupra soldatului '