The Good Soldier Švejk Kitchen and its foreign-controlled treaty ports

and its foreign-controlled treaty ports and concessions

Jim Lacey sheds light on General Pershing's legacy as the nation's first modern combat commander

moments of camaraderie and moments of celebration

Haig and Monash for expecting too much of the raw US troops

such as At Sea

The Good Soldier Švejk Kitchen and its foreign-controlled treaty portsDescription by Jaroslav Haek translated by Cecil Parrott Paperback Jaroslav Hasek's The Good Soldier Svejk follows the adventures of Josef Svejk, a boisterous and sometimes bumbling (or brilliantly subversive?) Czech soldier, as he navigates the trials of World War I. Thrust into the Austro Hungarian Empire's army in 1914, Svejk, "one of the great characters of 20th century literature" (New Republic), embarks on a wild trip through war ravaged Europe