Stolen Voices: Young People's War Diaries, from World War I to Iraq General History On this 100th anniversary of

On this 100th anniversary of World War I it is valuable to have this firsthand record of the experiences of the soldiers with the communities they were fighting to protect

by Philip Jenkins

he again showed a war-weary nation what it took to survive against nearly insurmountable odds when he and seven others endured a harrowing three-week ordeal adrift without food or water in the Pacific during World War II

making clear why Germany and Austria-Hungary were primarily to blame

Stolen Voices: Young People's War Diaries, from World War I to Iraq General History On this 100th anniversary ofDescription edited by Zlata Filipovic Paperback Zlata Filipovics diary of her harrowing war experiences in the Balkans, published in 1993, made her a globally recognized spokesperson for children affected by military conflict. In Stolen Voices, she and co editor Melanie Challenger have gathered fifteen diaries of young people coping with war, from World War I to the struggle in Iraq that continues today. Profoundly affecting testimonies of shattered