Some Desperate Glory: The diary of a young officer, 1917. Another book review

Here's another book review I've put on Goodreads. This is an absolutely brilliant account of life ....and death on the Western Front in the latter part of 1916 up to August 1917.

It is quite simply a must read as far as I'm concerned. It ranks with the best and I can't see why it isn't more well known. 

Here it is then:

 What a brilliant read! Lieut Vaughan has written a warts and all account of 8 months in the trenches up until August 1917 with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Though he was awarded the Military Cross no mention is made of this.

He clearly has some difficult moments and is not afraid to expose these, also where he is "choked off" by senior officers unfairly for some misdermener . He is just honest about what he thinks of fellow officers and how he came to respect and cherish the platoon he commanded.
There is no happy ending to this account. He is utterly spent by the last action, he laments the lose of so many he knew and takes Solis in whiskey after whiskey.
I can't understand how this volume is not more well known. For me it ranks easily with the ilk of 'Storm of Steel'.
A must read for anyone with an interest in the Great War.

Book review. Snow and Steel. The Battle of the Bulge 1944-45

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20318207

Here's a link to a brief book review I've just left on Goodreads. Its by a historian called Peter Caddick Adams who is very interesting to listen to on podcasts like 'We have ways if making you talk' and writes a brilliant book. Its so packed with information that really I'll need to re read it at some time.

I've always been interested in the world wars I think my interest has been peaked by such podcasts. This one hosted by another great WW2 author James Holland and also the comic Al Murray. In my humble opinion he makes a much better historian ( he's especially keen on Arnhem) than he does a comedian! But that's just my own jaundiced view!