{"product_id":"steeles-battalion-the-great-war-diaries-paperback","title":"Steele's Battalion: The Great War Diaries - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn D. Beatty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore history sanitized World War I, a soldier wrote it down in his diaries.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside an old steamer trunk, a scholar uncovered forgotten diaries, revealing the voice of Ned Steele, a young American forever reshaped by the first global war of the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning in Detroit and ending in the ravaged fields of Europe, Steele's diaries trace his transformation from a civilian volunteer in 1914 to commissioned officer commanding machine-gun units on the Western Front. What unfolds is not a heroic myth, but an unfiltered chronicle of endurance: choking mud and gas, relentless artillery, shattered towns, exhaustion beyond measure, and the moral weight of leadership under fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween battles, Steele records fleeting moments of humanity: friendship, longing, fear, and love set against the grinding machinery of industrial warfare. His words capture the intimate reality of World War I as people lived it day by day: confusing, brutal, obscene, and devastatingly personal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a diary-driven narrative style and grounded in rigorous historical research, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSteele's Battalion: The Great War Diaries\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eoffers readers a rare perspective on trench warfare and early machine-gun combat seen through the eyes of a man trying to remain human in a world designed to kill him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a tale of glory or triumph; it is a testament to survival, command, and the cost of modern war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who value realistic military fiction, literary war novels, and historically grounded stories that confront the Great War without illusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 398\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53596136145203,"sku":"9798986016986","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/steeles-battalion-the-great-war-diaries-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}