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Back From Tobruk by Bowen, Croswell; Bowen, Betsy Connor is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In 1941 photographer Croswell Bowen joined American Field Service volunteer ambulance drivers and served alongside the British Eighth Army during World War II. As the war continued to escalate, he would have his mental, emotional, and physical well-being tested beyond anything he ever imagined. Back from Tobruk is the remarkable account of one man's journey across a world torn apart, with only his camera and his moral convictions to guide him. As Bowen watched the number of wounded and dying soldiers rise, he struggled to understand the very nature of war itself. A lifelong Catholic and devoted pacifist, he tried to reconcile his commitment to nonviolence with his growing belief that the end of this war would finally bring peace to the world. Spending time in hospitals and field dressing stations as both a caregiver and a patient, he witnessed soldiers reaching out to their former battlefield enemies, showing grace and compassion in a world seemingly bereft of both. When the great leaders sit down at the peace table, he wrote of his fellow servicemen, they might take a lesson from those men. Later a successful journalist and author, Bowen never forgot what he had witnessed during

Who reads Back From Tobruk?

Author

Bowen, Croswell; Bowen, Betsy Connor

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781597979856

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, History, Fiction

Rating

3.57 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14