Eye Deep In Hell: Book Review

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in-depth insight as to what these men actually incurred in the muddied trenches and otherwise abyss known as the “Western Front” of the First World War. He is able to almost put us in the shoes of the men whom were actually there, making us realize what it was like being on the front line of World War I, fighting on the European countryside.
Authors Statement of Proposition
John Ellis’s thesis or statement of proposition in this book is really quite simple. However, he is very in depth in his book when showing it to you, therefore drawing it out over the length of the book. Simply stated, this book is concerned with the way in which men lived in, what the author calls a “physical and spiritual desert”. He shows how, even within inconceivable conditions, men were able to formulate routines, rules, and codes of conduct that created a certain amount of order. These rules created some sort of meaning for the men in the eyes of the chaos in which they were living through. The ...

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writing in the chapters representing the fine points on the outline that have the smaller case letters in front of them. He breaks the book down into several segments. These segments are then broken down into chapters and are very well tied together.
I especially like the way in which Ellis tied together the battle strategy and the tactics section in second part of the book (chapters 5-8). The way in which he talks about the patrols and the raids that the men had to organize and defend against and then, in the same section, turns around and ties this in together with the death and the harsh reality of the fight, is very intriguing. It is very well done. It shows the sort of ego ...

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