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"Facts are mere accessories to the truth, and we do not invite to our hearth the guest who can only remind us that on such a day we suffered calamity. Still less welcome is he who would make a Roman holiday of our misfortunes. Exaggeration of what was monstrous is quickly recognised as a sign of egotism, and that contrarious symptom of the same disease which pretends that what is accepted as monstrous was really little more than normal is equally unwelcome."
Max Plowman from Subaltern on the Somme
Max Plowman (1883-1941), who served during World War One, wrote a classic memoir of his wartime experiences, A Subaltern on the Somme and was opposed to a continuation of the war from early 1917.
Max Plowman (1883-1941), who served during World War One, wrote a classic memoir of his wartime experiences, A Subaltern on the Somme and was opposed to a continuation of the war from early 1917.
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