Bid The Soldiers Shoot
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: bce
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Intact.
War strips men down to their rawest instincts — and it is in that brutal crucible that John Lodwick sets Bid the Soldiers Shoot, a taut and visceral wartime novel that follows a soldier navigating the chaos, moral ambiguity, and desperate heroism of the Second World War. The novel chronicles the harrowing experiences of men caught between duty and survival, drawing on the barbed wire landscapes and shadowed fortresses of occupied Europe to paint a picture of conflict that is as psychologically intense as it is physically dangerous. Lodwick, a decorated SAS veteran who turned his own wartime experiences into literature, writes with an unflinching authority that sets him apart from armchair chroniclers of war. His prose is lean and propulsive, infused with dark irony and a soldier's hard-won fatalism, inviting readers into a world where orders and conscience are rarely aligned. For those who seek war fiction that carries the authentic weight of lived experience, this novel delivers a question that lingers long after the final page: when the soldiers are bid to shoot, who truly gives the command?
Author: John Lodwick
Format: Hardback
Published: 1959, -
Genre: Historical fiction
Edition: bce
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Intact.
War strips men down to their rawest instincts — and it is in that brutal crucible that John Lodwick sets Bid the Soldiers Shoot, a taut and visceral wartime novel that follows a soldier navigating the chaos, moral ambiguity, and desperate heroism of the Second World War. The novel chronicles the harrowing experiences of men caught between duty and survival, drawing on the barbed wire landscapes and shadowed fortresses of occupied Europe to paint a picture of conflict that is as psychologically intense as it is physically dangerous. Lodwick, a decorated SAS veteran who turned his own wartime experiences into literature, writes with an unflinching authority that sets him apart from armchair chroniclers of war. His prose is lean and propulsive, infused with dark irony and a soldier's hard-won fatalism, inviting readers into a world where orders and conscience are rarely aligned. For those who seek war fiction that carries the authentic weight of lived experience, this novel delivers a question that lingers long after the final page: when the soldiers are bid to shoot, who truly gives the command?