Warrior-Writers of World War II delivers a thorough study of key American writers who experienced combat in World War II in the European or Pacific Theater, survived, and returned home to become famous writers. This volume explores the works of sixteen key authors, including J.D. Salinger, John Ciardi, and James Jones, exploring these mens war experiences and their reflection in their writing. This includes what lessons they learned from those experiences, and, most important, what they can teach the readers about war and peace, good and evil, hatred and pity, honor and dishonor, fate and chanceand about the sustaining power of comradeship. This critical overview will be useful to readers and academics exploring the Great War in twentieth-century literature and the impact on western writing.
Warrior-Writers of World War II delivers a thorough study of key American writers who experienced combat in World War II in the European or Pacific Theater, survived, and returned home to become famous writers.
Prologue
Chapter One: In the European Theater
Chapter Two: In the Pacific Theater
Conclusion: War and la condition humaine
Lee Congdon holds a Ph.D. in European history from Northern Illinois University. He served three years in the US Army, worked as an editor and writer for Encyclopaedia Britannica for over two years, and taught European history at James Madison University for 33 years. Dr. Congdon has published eight books, most recently George Kennan for Our Time, and some 300 articles, essays, and reviews in major publications in the US, Canada, and Europe.
