A review by anti_formalist12
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916; Revised Edition by Alistair Horne

4.0

A really fascinating account of the lead up to and the fighting of the most deadly battle in France's history. Occasionally Horne can slip into some light romanticism about the battle, one of those books where Horne makes it seem as if the Germans were within an inch of winning if not for some minor misstep or inclement weather. I really don't buy into much of that stuff. But the chapter on Fort Vaux is one of the most horrific things I have read in some time.