The Missing of the Somme African American History and Palestine

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The Missing of the Somme African American History and PalestineDescription by Geoff Dyer Paperback The Missing of the Somme is part travelogue, part meditation on remembranceand completely, unabashedly, unlike any other book about the First World War. Through visits to battlefields and memorials, Geoff Dyer examines the way that photographs and film, poetry and prose determinedsometimes in advance of the events describedthe way we would think about and remember the war. With his characteristic originality and