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American War is the first novel by the Canadian-Egyptian journalist Omar El Akkad. It is set in the United States in the near future, ravaged by climate change and disease, in which the Second Civil War has broken out over the use of fossil fuels .
[8] The novel was named a shortlisted finalist for the 2017 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, [9] and for the 2018 amazon.ca First Novel Award, and won a Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. [10] [11] In November 2019 BBC News listed American War on a list of the 100 most influential novels. [12] In 2021, El Akkad appeared on the podcast Storybound. [13]
John Grisham, The Pelican Brief (1992) – suspense novel which opens with the assassinations of two Supreme Court justices in one night; Tom Clancy, Debt of Honor (1994) – war novel that ends with the bombing of the Capitol Building, wiping out the entire U.S. government except for the newly confirmed Vice President
American War may refer to: American War a 2017 novel by Omar El Akkad; Vietnam War, known in Vietnam as the American War (1955–1975) American Revolutionary War or American War of Independence (1775-1783), known in the United Kingdom as the American War
Miracle at St. Anna is a 2008 American–Italian epic war film directed by Spike Lee and written by James McBride, based on McBride's 2003 novel of the same name.The film stars Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino and Valentina Cervi, with John Turturro, Joseph Gordon Levitt, John Leguizamo, D.B. Sweeney and Kerry Washington in supporting roles.
Pages in category "American war novels" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The book examines how the war reflected a different version of America at the time. “But also look at the war as a discreet, historical event and what it told about America when America was ...
Novels set during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Pages in category "Novels set during the American Civil War" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total.