Nothing of Importance A record of eight months at the front with a Welsh battalion, October, 1915, to June, 1916

"Nothing of Importance" by Bernard Adams is a gripping eyewitness account from World War I. It chronicles eight months in the trenches with a Welsh battalion, beginning in the fall of 1915 and continuing until the summer of 1916. Told through Adams's personal experiences, the story starts with an intimate look at his journey to the front, capturing the self-consciousness and camaraderie between officers as they come face-to-face with a war-thorn landscape. As the story unfolds, the book looks at the brutal realities and moral complexities of war, as the author struggles to come to terms with trench warfare firsthand.