{"id":8117146779942,"title":"A Nomad in No Man's Land: Reflections from the Somme Battlefield","handle":"a-nomad-in-no-mans-land-reflections-from-the-somme-battlefield","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/files\/Stone_Tower_100x100.png?v=1546616956\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#357734\" style=\"color: #357734;\"\u003eAuthor \u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #357734;\"\u003eJohn\u003c\/span\u003e Strider Nation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #357734;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 9798985255386\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #357734;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages 97\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan face=\"AGaramondPro-Regular\" style=\"font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eO\u003c\/span\u003en the first day of the Battle of the Somme on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJuly 1st, 1916, British military forces suffered the worst day of casualties in British history. There were more than 57,000 casualties—including more than 19,000 soldiers killed—most of them in the first hour. French and German losses were not as high but were equally horrific.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"AGaramondPro-Regular\" style=\"font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile driving across France, author John Strider Nation saw a sign—\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLigne du Front\u003c\/i\u003e—“Front Line.” Uncertain and curious, he stopped to find out to what it was referring. \u003c\/span\u003eHis one-day detour to the Somme turned into a month-long sojourn. In this book, Nation shares his explorations and reflections\u003cspan class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"AGaramondPro-Regular\" style=\"font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWandering the trenches, talking with guides and visitors, watching “the gleaners” collect unburied and long-buried ammunition, and visiting the cemeteries and final resting places of soldiers named and unnamed, Nation considers the tragedy that was believed to be the “war to end all wars.” It is a powerful reflection about one battle and what it means to be human in a world of war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJohn Strider Nation\u003c\/span\u003e is the author of several books, including Baron Buffalo and Tommy of the Darkest Hour. 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There were more than 57,000 casualties—including more than 19,000 soldiers killed—most of them in the first hour. French and German losses were not as high but were equally horrific.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"AGaramondPro-Regular\" style=\"font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile driving across France, author John Strider Nation saw a sign—\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLigne du Front\u003c\/i\u003e—“Front Line.” Uncertain and curious, he stopped to find out to what it was referring. \u003c\/span\u003eHis one-day detour to the Somme turned into a month-long sojourn. 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Demy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2c7a47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN 9798986817200\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2c7a47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePages 76\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eF\u003cspan class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eought between 1914 and 1918, what was supposed to be “the war to end all wars” was a failure. Yet, in the midst of it, for a few hours on Christmas Eve 1914, the guns fell silent as soldiers laughed, sang, played, and conversed with one another in traditional celebration of the birth of the historic figure believed by many to be the Prince of Peace.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ci class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSilent Night, Silent Guns\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the extraordinary story of the unofficial 1914 Christmas truce of the First World War. It was a remarkable moment in a war that claimed millions of lives. For a few hours, and in some instances a few days, for many troops fighting from the trenches of France and Flanders and facing one another across No Man’s Land, the guns were silent—all was quiet on the Western Front.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e* ** \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTimothy J. Demy, Th.D., Ph.D., is a professor at the United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. A graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, the University of Cambridge, and several other institutions, he previously served twenty-seven years as a Navy chaplain. 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