Rites of Spring is an excellent book! Also worthwide is "War and Modern Memory" by Paul Fusell, and "Children of the Sun: A Narrative of Decadence in England After 1918" by Martin Green.
WWI defined the entire 20th century. Culturally, it changed everything. And the rise of the Bolsheviks became a poison that damaged the entire globe.
25 posted on 06/10/2011 11:15:31 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
(The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)