/lit/ - Literature

Anyone else read Unknown Warriors?

>2006
>A young British writer decides to collect the stories of WW2 veterans before they're all gone
>Puts ads in papers all over the country asking veterans to detail their service in the war
>Almost as an afterthought, asks how the veterans feel about their country today and if they had the chance, would they fight in the war all over again
>Gets overwhelmed by the response
>Almost every single veterans says they are disgusted with their country today, with some outright saying they think they fought on the wrong side
>One of the first letters was a D-Day veteran saying he feels like all his friends and family died for nothing.