Soldiers Don't Go Mad by Charles Glass

Author:Charles Glass [Glass, Charles]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2023-06-06T00:00:00+00:00

Death, however, was no deterrence. He had both wished for and expected death in France. More shameful was living in a comfortable Scottish hydro, while the men he loved were dying in the chalk and clay of Picardy. Like Jacob wrestling the angel, Sassoon struggled all night with memory and conscience. The mental conflict approached an inevitable resolution. He needed to prove to critics who accused him of being “not quite normal” that he was willing to die: “Killed in action in order to confute the Under-Secretary for War, who had officially stated that I wasn’t responsible for my actions. What a truly glorious death for a promising young pacifist!” By the time the sun rose, he had put down his fire opal talisman, convinced “that going back to the War as soon as possible was my only chance of peace.”

When he went downstairs for his evening consultation, he would tell Rivers.

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