KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW, Sept. 7, 2014 "Just in time for the Great War's centennial, this valuable narrative reprises a dramatic chapter of world history that rarely takes center stage in history books...the pages fly by, thanks to Miller's consistently smooth prose and careful scene-setting. He effectively captures the human drama, with exquisite descriptions of how characters looked... and why they behaved as they did... Miller writes that his goal was to write for people 'who never read history books'; he accomplishes that splendidly, while also creating a work that scholars will admire. An excellent history that should catapult Miller to the top tier of popular historians." SUNDAY DENVER POST, William Porter, Oct. 12, 2014 "...Miller, fascinated with this largely forgotten slice of history, has published "Behind the Lines" (Millbrown Press), a fascinating look at the first five months of the relief campaign." DENVER'S WESTWORD NEWSPAPER, Alan Prendergast, Oct. 22, 2014 "...The impressive research and generally crisp writing transforms what could have been an arid study into a dramatic and at times inspiring narrative. Miller weaves back and forth between the grand sweep of the invasion of Belgium and up-close, anecdotal material and observations concerning his grandmother's family and others in the path of the Kaiser's troops. Reports of atrocities helped to spur international relief efforts, particularly after it became apparent that the occupying, pillaging army was making no provisions to feed the civilian population..."