"May well be accorded equal respect with War and Peace as the masterpiece reporting war's reality." —David Douglas Duncan

“[Forgotten Soldier] must be read. . . . An enduring indictment of the evil of war and what it does to man.”—Louisville Courier-Journal

“Transcends language and nationality to address the human race.”—Chicago Sun-Times
 

“Eloquent . . . powerful . . . Critics have likened it to All Quiet on the Western Front.”—John Barkham
 

“[[This] may be the book about World War II which has been so long awaited.”—Christian Science Monitor
 

“Sajer is blunt in explaining his reason for sharing his experiences: ‘to reanimate, with all the intensity I can summon, those distant cries from the slaughterhouse.’ He succeeds in doing just that. . . . This book will remain relevant because it explores the psychology of the soldier at war.”—Military Review
 

“May well be accorded equal respect with War and Peace as the masterpiece reporting war’s reality.”—David Douglas Duncan, photojournalist and author of This is War! and War Without Heroes
 
 

“I don’t think that anyone who reads [it] to the end will ever forget it.”—New York Times

“A work of soul.”—LIFE Magazine