The Norton Book of Modern War - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393029093 ISBN 13: 9780393029093

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1990

Synopsis

Here are moments on the battlefields of this century captured in the words of writers who faced wars in their newest and most brutal permutation.

Divided into the First World War, the Wars in Asia, and includes prose and poetry from literary figures such as Rupert Brooke, Ernest Hemingway, and James Jones.

About this title

From Library Journal:

This refreshing assembly of poetry selections and prose pieces begins with World War I and concludes with Korea and Vietnam. Welcome coverage is given to the often-overlooked Spanish Civil War. Besides including many new works, the tone of this collection reflects the times. Where collections of military writings in the past stressed traditional themes of valor and pathos, the post-Vietnam era takes a more jaundiced view of warfare. Thus Siegfried Sassoon's epic bitterness is joined by that of Ron Kovic and Michael Herr. Recommended to all public collections.
- Raymond L. Puffer, U.S. Air Force History Prog., Los Angeles
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0393029093
• ISBN 13: 9780393029093
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 830
• Editor: Fussell Paul