"the good soldier #Sc'vèik" by Jaroslav Hasek. Mystery and absurdity of a soldier of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time of #ww1. Pros and cons of men involved in events greater than them.
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when I find lead balls of shrapnel I think about of relationships described in the book "Surgical Hospital of the City of Milan" which underlines danger of these bullets as they remain in human body dragging dirt and other foreign bodies. Gangrene could be deadly
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November issue is coming...
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two interesting #ww1books on Italian events: the war plans from 1861 to 1915 between agreements and international diplomacy and one in French on the battle of #Caporetto
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