The final novel of the renowned author's WWII trilogy, following Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen.
By 1941, after serving in North Africa and Crete, Guy Crouchback has lost his Halberdier idealism. A desk job in London gives him the chance of reconciliation with his former wife. Then, in Yugoslavia, as a liaison officer with the partisans, Crouch becomes finally and fully aware of the futility of a war he once saw in terms of honor.
“The finest work of fiction in English to emerge from World War II.” —Atlantic Monthly
