All Quiet on the Western Front The Road Back, Book 2, (Paperback)

from Sheila1957

The war is over and the soldiers go home. What they find there is not what they spent four years dreaming about. When they get home there is protest all over Germany. Those who did not serve are giving lofty speeches about what the soldiers did on the battlefield to the returning soldiers who kne...

from gypsysmom

I read All Quiet on the Western Front by this author last year and I thought it was possibly one of the best books about World War I that I had ever read. This book continues the story of the young German men that survived the war. In its own way it is as moving as All Quiet. The young German boy...

from Stahl-Ricco

“But for peace? Are we suitable? Are we fit for anything but soldering?” That's the essential question of the German soldiers returning from the front after World War I, a war that they did not win. How do they fit back into 'regular' life? And can they? Can they have real relationships with wom...

from lostinalibrary

The Road Back, although less well known than All Quiet on the Western Front, is just as thought-provoking and, in some subtle ways, even more heart-breaking. The story begins during the last few days of WWI. As the final battles surge around them, a group of young German soldiers contemplate what...

from RajivC

This book is a sequel of sorts, to All Quiet On The Western Front. It starts with the "Band of Brothers" making their way back after the war. The sound of silence is new to them. On the way, they meet a band of American soldiers, with whom they exchange souvenirs for food. They wonder - why did w...