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The book centers on Paul Bäumer, a German soldier on the Western Front during World War I. Before the war, Paul lived with his parents and sister in a charming German village. He attended school, where the patriotic speeches of his teacher Kantorek led the whole class to volunteer for the Imperial German Army shortly after the start of the ...
Worldwar: In the Balance is a 1994 alternate history novel by American writer Harry Turtledove. [1] It is the first novel of the Worldwar Tetralogy, as well as the first installment in the extended Worldwar series that includes the Colonization trilogy and the novel Homeward Bound.
Unlike World War I novels, a European-dominated genre, World War II novels were produced in the greatest numbers by American writers, who made war in the air, on the sea, and in key theatres such as the Pacific Ocean and Asia integral to the war novel. Among the most successful American war novels were Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny, James ...
The panel met periodically and voted on titles. Selected books were republished and labeled "Imperative" of the front cover with an emblazoned large 'I'. [1] Council members, which included publishers, were obligated to advertise these books even if they were published by a competitor.
First book edition cover of The Red Badge of Courage (1895) The Red Badge of Courage is an 1895 war novel by American author Stephen Crane. The novel was published on 3 October 1895. Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Overcome with ...
In a pre-9/11 review for the Marine Corps Gazette, US Marine Capt Robert C. Fulford found the book relevant to developing young leaders from a post-Cold War generation. He gleaned a sense of operational arrogance on behalf of the technologically sophisticated Soviets fighting what they perceived as a rudimentary insurgent Mujahideen.
Undertones of War is a 1928 memoir of the First World War, written by English poet Edmund Blunden.As with two other famous war memoirs—Siegfried Sassoon's Sherston trilogy, and Robert Graves' Good-Bye to All That—Undertones represents Blunden's first prose publication, [1] and was one of the earliest contributors to the flurry of Great War books to come out of England in the late 1920s and ...
[2] Book Report magazine said that it was "an exciting story of self-discovery and survival." [3] Between 1993 and 1998, over three million copies of the novel were sold. [4] During this timeframe, Tomorrow, When the War Began was translated into five languages, and was rated as the "4th best loved book" in an Australian survey. [4]