From the introductory essay by Donovan Webster, author of "Aftermath: The Remnants of War":

"...over a span of nearly two years, Jane Alden Stevens visited perhaps the 20th century's most haunted places: the European plains and hillsides where World War I's preponderance of battles were fought...The result is stunningly remarkable: personal yet universal, profoundly respectful but inherently pacifist... Stevens has managed to bring alive the spooky reverence of these battlegrounds."