HIS Western Civilization II

After reading the article please anwer the following questions:

-What impact do you think the physical conditions these soldiers had to live with, in addition to the sights and sounds of their daily lives, had on their ability to fight successfully?
-The author of this article focuses most of his attention on the frontline soldiers at Verdun. Why does he do this? How does this impact and shape the reader’s understanding of World War I
– Alistair Horne uses an extensive number of primary source excerpts ( e.g. diaries, letters). Why does he do this? Is it an effective technique? How did it effect you as a reader, and your understanding of the topic?
For this article I would like you to consider all of the above questions, and provide a concise and well organized essay that addresses all these issues in some way. I want your answers synthesized into an narrative that is easy to understand ( Intro, Body, Conclusion). I don’t want answers numbered or bulleted. I was want your answers contained in the text of your essay. You can address these issues in any order you like. You don’t have to answer the 1st one 1st, or the last one last. Be creative in how you group ideas and opinions. I would like standard composition form.
Remember grammar and spelling are important. Please use a standard 12 font for the text. Paper should be a minimum of 1400 words.
No Late Papers will be accepted.

Some helpful advice on how to write these papers:
-Don’t fall in to the trap of writing a summary. While a little summary can and will be useful, I don’t want 1000 words which just spit back a sketch of the article. You have to answer the questions I pose.
-When you give an answer or state an opinion, it must be supported by specific examples from the article.
-When you use specific examples from the article, whether it be a direct quote or a close paraphrasing, you must use a citation. For this assignment that means a page number in parenthesis right after the quote or paraphrase (239). Every essay should have page citations.
-Remember, one of the things you are doing with this assignment is to convince me that you read and understand the entire article. Therefore, it’s in your best interest to write the paper using your words and ideas, with the support of the content of the article.
-Plagiarism is unacceptable in all forms. If you use someone else’s words or ideas you must make it clear using a citation. Please avoid the temptation to cut and paste text from a website into your papers. It is usually fairly obvious, and easy to confirm by scanning the paper into an anti-plagiarism site, or even simple web search.

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