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    <body><![CDATA[<em>The Great War and Modern Memory</em> is an extremely problematic work, to say the least.  Fussell, whose credentials are those of a literary critic rather than a historian makes a strong case for the argument that historians shouldn't write literary criticism, and vice-versa.  While Fussell's use of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33529064">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An incredibly thorough look at the British literary and cultural experience of the Great War, and how this shaped modernism and the rest of our culture ever since. Reading some excellent weblog retrospectives on WWI around Armistice Day turned me on to this one.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the most important books I've ever read.   ]]></body>
    
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