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Threads of The War, Volume II: Personal Truth Inspired Flash-Fiction of The 20th Century's War Kindle Edition

by Jeremy Strozer (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
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“I thoroughly enjoyed it. I very much liked how you put a human touch on each of the incidents that inspired each story.” -Donald

Raw personal emotions. Human trial, triumph and tragedy. Can we experience War through the eyes of the soldiers and civilians who lived it?

See the sites, hear the sounds, and read the stories of war from a unique perspective: behind the eyes and in the mind of its participants. From the celebratory streets of Paris in the summer of 1914, under the coast of North Carolina in 1918, across the ocean to the evacuated beaches of northern France in 1940, and finally within the minds of both the liberated and the confined at camps in 1945.

Threads of The War, Volume II is the second collection of flash-fiction in the Threads of The War series. If you like history, personal narrative, and have a short attention span, you’ll love Jeremy Strozer’s touching prose.

Grab a seat and a copy of Threads of The War, Volume II to see war through the eyes of the men, women and children who lived and died in it.



Here's a snippet from: In Touch

My puttee-covered shins slip ever deeper into the muck as I fall back from the fireboard into the slime-strewn base of the trench.

Bloody Hell, I gotta get out of this!

Whistles blow, but instead of rising over the parapet, I’m sliding ever deeper down a quagmire from which I cannot extricate myself.

“What in hell are you doing?” Jennings yells to me over the din of our field artillery mixed with an explosion of a German trench mortar nearby.

What’s it look like I’m doing, becoming one with the bloody trench?

“Help me outta here!” I yell back, shifting my weight so that I can use the butt of my rifle as a crutch to hold me up against the moldy trench baseboards.

Jennings bends down, his kit falling forward on his back so that he almost topples on top of me.

Oaf!

“Damn it, Hirsch, take my hand,” he orders, reaching his right arm out to me.

“Kneel down, or we’ll both be stuck here.”

He bends his left knee, firmly planting his right foot on the baseboard next to my rifle. Then, with his right hand, he pulls me up, using his legs for the dead lift.

Yes, I’m free!

“Thanks, Jennings!” I call out as my body ascends from the muck.

“Right-o mate, now let’s get some Jerry’s!” he blurts out as he continues lifting me so that my head pops up over the parapet.

I scramble up the muddy side of the trench, ending up on my belly as I make my way out to-ward our wire. Jennings is right behind me, having climbed out of the trench himself. We search for the white-taped opening our boys made in our wire for what seems like hours, with bullets whizzing by, explosions on top and around us, and blood-curdling screams from dying men. But in reality, it must have been no more than a few impregnated minutes.

Finally, we find the tape and the opening in our wire. Pieces of dead men lie strewn about, as if tossed by some giant carelessly discarding partially chomped pieces of human flesh as he sits atop the army he's vanquished.

These chaps didn’t even make it past our wire.

“Best get a move on then," Jennings calls out as he leads us through the hole in the wire. “We’ve gotta catch up!”

I start running behind him but can’t stop myself from looking to my left toward one poor sap lying there with an open stomach wound. His hands are scrambling at his mid-section as he tries to put pieces of intestine and other organs back inside his torn body.

“Stretcher bearer! Stretcher bearer!” I scream out, “This man needs attention!”

He looks up at me with a pale face.

I can’t!

Without looking him in the eyes, I turn so I can see where Jennings has run off.

I just have to keep going forward. No turning!
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Bringing captivating fiction and fact together is more than entertaining.

ByJonathan Shellyon July 3, 2016

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Threads of the War by Jeremy Strozer is a wonderful, thought-provoking, and stimulating collection of flash fiction complimented by factual details, which provide contextual authenticity at the end of each story. Each fictional miniature covers a specific event taken from the historical annals of 20th Century war. The accounts offer provocative insights related to human interactions and processes that could have been occurring behind the scenes during the course of some of wartime's most significant and much less notable incidents. The stories are well-crafted, easy to read, and are sometimes laced with irony, humor, or carry a subtle anti-war message. The factual details included at the end of each fictional narrative, complete with relevant photos, are brief, but cleverly and effectively transform captivating fiction into a valuable educational package. I highly recommend this fast read to anyone interested, not only in history, but also in the psychological and other seemingly absurd mechanisms that often lead to tragedy of the human experience.

"Threads of the War vol II" is a powerful book with several individual stories that are based on true events. The author brings those events to life by taking cold facts and turning them into personal accounts with feelings and emotions.
It is an easy reading book but one where you will want to take your time with each story and let the powerful images sink in. I have not read the first volume but I will be getting it, if it is anything like this one it should be wonderful. ByMike Pierceon March 1, 2016

ByGirl of Throneson April 19, 2016

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I don't read a lot of historical fiction but after a friend recommended I check this book out, I gave it a read and I'm glad I did! The author has a real knack for storytelling. His prose is vivid and accessible. He draws you into the story and you feel like you're there. It was such a nice escape to read these wonderful tales. I look forward to reading much more from this author.

About the Author

I write first-person historical flash-fiction in order to expose the wanton waste of war. Fascinated by ideas and personal stories, I am able to find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena. By enjoying thinking and learning about the past I understand the present through creating its context. I have faith in the links between all things; believing there are few coincidences and that almost every event has a reason. I am also inspired by the future and what could be; thereby inspiring others with my visions of what occurred and what is possible. My inspiration comes from education in improvisational acting; the actions and writing of Gene Sharp, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, Woody Guthrie, Studs Terkel, and Henry David Thoreau; and an affinity for history. I believe all stories are best told from the personal perspective and learning about history should be an emotionally driven experience. Therefore, I push the conviction all history is simply a personal story, compounded and woven with the personal story of everyone else, throughout time. Raised in California, I moved to D. C. to attend university. Through education and luck, I've traveled the world helping remove unexploded ordnance from war ravaged countries, stemming the flow of the world's most dangerous weapons, and potentially reducing the likelihood of war between some of the world's most powerful countries. Now, I simply seek to warn the world of the human cost of violence.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01BW9TYCC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Good Enough Empire, LLC.; 1st edition (March 1, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 1, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2843 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 161 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 15 ratings

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I write first-person emotional history in order to teach people to avoid the wanton waste of war.

My inspiration comes from a love of story telling, an infatuation with history, and personal experience in war torn places. As a student of Twain, Griffin, Sharp, Guthrie, Terkel, Thoreau, and Harris, I believe all stories are best told from the perspective of the individual experiencing the event and that learning about history should be an emotionally driven experience.

Therefore, I push the conviction that all history is simply a personal story, compounded and woven with the personal story of everyone else, throughout time.

Through education and luck, I helped remove unexploded bombs from war ravaged countries, stem the flow of the world's most dangerous weapons, and potentially reduce the likelihood of war between some of the world's most powerful countries.

Now, I simply seek to warn the world of the human cost of violence.

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Ron K
5.0 out of 5 stars Attempts at Humanizing Dehumanizing Experiences
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2018
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In this volume of the series Threads of War, Volume II, Jeremy Strozer looks at war as it is played out in ways we don’t generally think of. Each story has two parts. The first is a factually based account of an incident that happened. The account is referenced for those who want to investigate further. The second is a story of humans trying to exist in a hostile environment that is war. The stories are fiction as thoughts and feelings are ascribed to people who did not survive. Those experiences exist in Strozer’s mind and the author brings them to life in a very entertaining way.

I give the novel five Amazon stars in part because of the pleasing structure and way of presentation, in part because of the referencing which accompanies factual accounts, and finally for the interesting fictional presentations which lend human coloring to a dehumanizing experience.

Following are my immediate comments and reactions to each story.

Honor Thy Love In France, some wives accompanied husbands to the front in WWI. It was not legal, and the women had some horrible choices to make. The men also had to make some decisions that affected the fate of their wives.

High Life A horrible example of men who died after being forced to follow a policy outmoded using a new weapon, “mustard” gas, in WWI France.

Concrete Macaroon The title refers to a piece of preserved bread. Which would break first, the bread or teeth?

In Touch A story about what happens when you are out of touch … with your own body.

Reveal A submarine operating off the coast of North Carolina in WWI? This sub not only operated, it attacked.

Last Men Out An account of escape from Dunkirk.

Tribute In the midst of WWII while in German-occupied territory, a patriot dares to honor fallen comrades from WWI.

Occupation During WWII England was invaded by one German pilot.

Channel Choices The rescue ship’s crew had to decide. Was the floating downed pilot German or British? The answer was literally a question of life and death.

Chemical Reaction Mustard gas unintentionally spread in an Italian town led to the loss of many civilian lives and gave the town of Bari, Italy, a unique distinction in the history of WWII.

Company Dress Being in the correct uniform always promotes attention to detail. The technique used here by a famous general is emulated in US Army field exercises today.

Disconnected Not all the ways one can die in war are from strictly military causes.

Me V Me Defending neutrality is not a passive activity.

Orders Waiting for orders can lead to one’s own destruction.

Mission One part of a successful mission is to return home and thus live to fight another day. Was this mission a success?

Fujiyama Foo-Foo The Vietnam War was not the first war in which Hanoi was bombed.

Friendly Friendly fire is not all that friendly.

Line of Sight Inside the death camps it was all about how you looked at it.
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Thys Strumpfer
4.0 out of 5 stars An unique look at war written from a personal perspective
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018
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This is the second book in a series of books, but each can be read as a standalone book packed with short stories A unique and gripping look at different war incidents from the perspective of ordinary people living through the turmoil. Based on fact, but told as fiction by the people living through the war incidents. About real people and what it probably must have been like for them to experience the war. An easy way to learn more about the history of war. Far from boring and very interesting. I can not wait to read the other books in the series.
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Jonathan Shelly
5.0 out of 5 stars Bringing captivating fiction and fact together is more than entertaining.
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2016
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Threads of the War by Jeremy Strozer is a wonderful, thought-provoking, and stimulating collection of flash fiction complimented by factual details, which provide contextual authenticity at the end of each story. Each fictional miniature covers a specific event taken from the historical annals of 20th Century war. The accounts offer provocative insights related to human interactions and processes that could have been occurring behind the scenes during the course of some of wartime’s most significant and much less notable incidents. The stories are well-crafted, easy to read, and are sometimes laced with irony, humor, or carry a subtle anti-war message. The factual details included at the end of each fictional narrative, complete with relevant photos, are brief, but cleverly and effectively transform captivating fiction into a valuable educational package. I highly recommend this fast read to anyone interested, not only in history, but also in the psychological and other seemingly absurd mechanisms that often lead to tragedy of the human experience.
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Average Joe
4.0 out of 5 stars Intteresting snippet literary style
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2019
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Author pens fictional stories, most in first person, portraying the horror and uselessness of war. References are given at end of each snippet, although I am unsure what point he is trying to prove with the specification sheet of a model airplane.
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charlene
5.0 out of 5 stars threads of war volume II
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2017
after reading book I i had to read book II. The facts and fiction combine to make a good read. I usually don't like to read this type of book, but I enjoyed learning more about that time period in a unique book.
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Victoria
5.0 out of 5 stars I am finding this is a great series.
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2018
I am enjoying reading this series. I am a fan of war stories. I am finding this is a great series.
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Mike Pierce
5.0 out of 5 stars A powerful testament to the realities of war.
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2016
"Threads of the War vol II" is a powerful book with several individual stories that are based on true events. The author brings those events to life by taking cold facts and turning them into personal accounts with feelings and emotions.
It is an easy reading book but one where you will want to take your time with each story and let the powerful images sink in. I have not read the first volume but I will be getting it, if it is anything like this one it should be wonderful.
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Dave Seminara
5.0 out of 5 stars ... a lot of historical fiction but after a friend recommended I check this book out
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2016
I don't read a lot of historical fiction but after a friend recommended I check this book out, I gave it a read and I'm glad I did! The author has a real knack for storytelling. His prose is vivid and accessible. He draws you into the story and you feel like you're there. It was such a nice escape to read these wonderful tales. I look forward to reading much more from this author.
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