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Eve Haas is the daughter of a German Jewish family that took refuge in London after Hitler came to power. Following a terrifying air raid in the blitz, her father revealed the family secret - that her great-great grandmother Emilie was married to a Prussian prince. He then showed her the treasured leather-bound notebook inscribed to Emilie by the prince.

Defeated Cossacks taunt the pompous sultan of the Ottoman Empire. A black corporal beseeches Abraham Lincoln to ensure that his regiment receives proper payment for performing their duties. Mohandas Gandhi urges Adolf Hitler to turn back the tide of war. A suicide bomber in Iraq explains his simple motivation to his family. This poignant collection offers a nuanced and moving look at the act of armed conflict. Each of these 30 remarkable letters sheds light on what it means for us to take up arms against one another and record a piece of that terrible deed.

L'ennesimo libro sulla resistenza?N o, questa testimonianza è distantissima dallo stile retorico o ideologico di altre opere. Non ha pretese storiche, ma racconta vicende vissute. L'inizio della narrazione fa già capire lo stile con cui si dispiega il racconto di vita vissuta: "Era il mese di giugno del 1944 quando io, Mino Chelo, mio fratello Carlo e l'amico Roberto Scotti decidemmo di andare sui monti. Io e Roberto eravamo renitenti alla leva, mio fratello, allora diciassettenne, si aggregò.