In the Trenches: A First World War Diary

In the Trenches: A First World War Diary By Pierre Minault Translated by Sylvain Minault Edited by Gail Minault Edited for Not Even Past by Mark Sheaves Originally published on Not Even Past < > Department of history , The University of Texas at Austin September 22-November 16, 2014 Not Even Past 2 In the Trenches Pierre Minault s Diary of the First World War Not Even Past is marking the centennial of the outbreak of the First World War with a very special publication. Our colleague, Gail Minault, a distinguished professor of the history of India, has given us her grandfather s Diary , a near daily record of his experiences in the trenches in France. Pierre Minault made his First Diary entry on this very day, September 22, one hundred years ago, in 1914. We will be posting each of his entries exactly one hundred years after he wrote them. You will be able to follow Pierre s progress and read his thoughtful and moving personal observations of life on the front as day follows day.

effect born of alliances and ententes. Reading the history of the war, one becomes aware of the carnage, the stalemate, the sacrifice of an entire generation of young men to great power politics. In August of 1914, none of that was apparent. In fact, there was a certain insouciance in the air, and a sense that it would be a short war.

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