A Fatalist at War

by Rudolf G. Binding

Excerpt from A Fatalist at War T HE s E sketches resist any effort to work them up, to collate or elaborate them. In recognition of their documentary value and to conserve their spontaneity, they have not been altered from the form in which they were originally written during the War. The author took the field with one of the Jungdeutschland divisions in October 1914. In August 1916 he was appointed a.d.c. On the Staff of one of the new divisions then being formed. He did not take part in the retreat at the end of the War as he was in a hospital at home in consequence of a serious illness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Genres: World War I

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1929

Reviews

[Bleys · Rating 5 out of 5]

The intellect of Binding is awe-inspiring. One of those great educated men of the 19th century going into the 20th with nothing but his wits and his razor-sharp mind. He is so incredibly 'in-the-know', able to analyze with precision and grace the most minute experiences of the staff officer and greater politics as a whole. I found, as he often highlights forms of media he is consuming knowledge (Under Fire by Henri Barbusse, or Douglas Haig's report on the First Battle of the Somme) I was inclined, in part, or -- as in the case of Haig's dispatch -- to read said media in full as to understand Binding's critiques and praises. Great book, though as I usually find with diaries, it was hard to get through some times.