This study is based on trench journalism, bringing to life the suffering, vulgarity, sentimentality and idealism of the French soldiers in World War I. It provi... » 

This study is based on trench journalism, bringing to life the suffering, vulgarity, sentimentality and idealism of the French soldiers in World War I. It provides an authentic account of the hopes, fears and agonies the soldiers had to cope with under the horrific conditions in the trenches. «