The Missing of the Somme African American History After the defeat of Russia

After the defeat of Russia in 1917

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The photographs span the many battlefronts throughout the world: from the British Isles to the south Atlantic

Drawing on the diaries

The Missing of the Somme African American History After the defeat of RussiaDescription by Geoff Dyer Paperback The Missing of the Somme is part travelogue, part meditation on remembranceand completely, unabashedly, unlike any other book about the First World War. Through visits to battlefields and memorials, Geoff Dyer examines the way that photographs and film, poetry and prose determinedsometimes in advance of the events describedthe way we would think about and remember the war. With his characteristic originality and