The Good Soldier Švejk

The Good Soldier ŠvejkDescription by Jaroslav Haek translated by Cecil Parrott Paperback Jaroslav Hasek's The Good Soldier Svejk follows the adventures of Josef Svejk, a boisterous and sometimes bumbling (or brilliantly subversive?) Czech soldier, as he navigates the trials of World War I. Thrust into the Austro Hungarian Empire's army in 1914, Svejk, "one of the great characters of 20th century literature" (New Republic), embarks on a wild trip through war ravaged Europe

As crowds cheered their armies on

not least the devastating explosions which claimed five major British warships

captures the mythic status of the Harlem Rattlers

Assigned to the experimental War Dog School

Fourth Army suffered its worst intelligence failure of the war and artillery

It left behind a world that was scarred

Rivers begins to form connections that cast new light on his—and our—understanding of war

Writing from memory after his original manuscript and detailed notes were lost

every single boy

provided vital services that put them squarely in traditionally "masculine" territory

but from China

Trevor Wilson begins with an essay on the historical significance of the war