The author reflects on their delayed education on World War I, citing a lack of comprehensive coverage in their British international school curriculum, and how it led to a reliance on specific, narrow historical events. They subsequently sought out historical novels and biographies to fill the knowledge gap, ultimately discovering "In Memoriam" by Alice Winn, a historical fiction book that uses primary sources and first-hand accounts to provide a broad and representative story of the war. AI summary
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