Download or read book Paths of Glory written by Humphrey Cobb and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for Kubrick's acclaimed 1957 film, this is an epic story of combat and injustice that remains an antiwar masterpiece. Frenchmen during the First World War are ordered to assault a German position deemed all but invulnerable. When the attack fails, an inquiry into allegations of cowardice indicts a handful of lower-ranked scapegoats whose trial exposes a tragic farce.