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Hardcover with dust jacket edition of A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914–1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front by Winston Groom, published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 2002. Stated First Edition with full number line present. A detailed World War I military history from the author of Forrest Gump, focused on the brutal fighting around Ypres and the Western Front. Synopsis: A Storm in Flanders examines the Ypres Salient during World War I, covering the battles, conditions, strategy, and human cost of one of the war’s most devastated fronts. Groom combines battlefield history with narrative detail, presenting the tragedy, endurance, and sacrifice of soldiers caught in the mud, gas, artillery, and relentless fighting of Flanders from 1914 to 1918.