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100	1		_aWeintraub, Stanley
245	1	0	_aSilent night _b: the story of World War I Christmas truce _c/ Stanley Weintraub
260			_aNew York _b: Free Press _c, c2001.
300			_axviii, 206 p. _b: ill. _c; 22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-195) and index.
520			_aAt Christmas time in 1914, blood enemies emerged from their trenches in Flanders Field in Belgium, shook hands, and wished each other a merry Christmas. In his newest book, Weintraub (A Stillness Heard Round the World: The End of the Great War) draws on letters, diaries, and a variety of other source material to tell the inspiring story of the spontaneous Christmas Truce of World War I, when enemy troops laid down their arms, exchanged gifts, and reveled in their shared humanity. The desperate longing for peace, which Weintraub captures through the words of the soldiers themselves, underscores the poignancy of the ending of the truce, when outraged commanders ordered newly made friends to kill one another. Despite the impact of Weintraub's storytelling and documentation, some readers may be stymied by occasionally untranslated German or confused by his interweaving of fictional accounts of the event. Still, Weintraub's work stands as a unique testament to our fundamental brotherhood.
650		0	_aChristmas truce _y--1914
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