by Pierre Miquel · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782738218346
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«Les poilus» is Pierre Miquel's historical essay on French soldiers in the First World War, published in paperback in French.
It recounts the experience of French soldiers in the First World War, the «poilus», between the illusion of a short war in 1914 and the reality of the trenches. Pierre Miquel shows the human cost (more than 250,000 dead in the first months) and the transformation of the combatant into a sacrificed hero.
The original title is «Les poilus : la France sacrifiée» (2002); the cover features the subtitle «Le Carnage de la Grande Guerre» and the Document collection.
For readers interested in the First World War and the memory of French soldiers.
French screenwriter, historian and writer (1930-2007)
