The literary masterpiece about the Dolomite War from an Italian perspective - compassionate, disobedient, democratic. Emilio Lussu commands the Brigata Sassari as a young officer in 1916/17 on the high plateau of Asiago, on the Italian side of the Dolomite front. He records the events of a war year free from pathos and sentimentality - with the "nameless" soldiers as the true protagonists. The novel depicts militarism in its tragic and comedic aspects as well as in its absurd episodes, such as the character of General Leone, who loves war for the sake of war and sends his soldiers to certain death, or the Sardinian farm boy who leaves his island for the first time. One of the most important books about World War I - even 100 years later.