The story of First World War deserters who were shot at dawn, then pardoned nearly a century later has often been told, but these 306 soldiers represent a tiny

“Powerful and often startling…The Deserters offers a provokingly fresh angle on this most studied of conflicts.” --The Boston Globe A groundbreaking histo

"[A]n impressive achievement: a boot-level take on the conflict that is fresh without being cynically revisionist." --The New Republic A groundbreaking history

A German Deserter'S War Experience by J. Koettgen, first published in 1917, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the wor

The story of Alan Juniper who deserted twice from the British Army during the Second World War.