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Obscene language and a scene describing the rescue of a naked woman 1987 — — 26 Gone with the Wind: Margaret Mitchell: Several uses of racial slurs, the book's portrayal of slavery, and references to rape 1936 — — — Goosebumps (series) R. L. Stine: Supernatural themes, violence, and encouraging disobedience 1992–1997 46 94 15 Gossip ...
The Causes of World War Three – C. Wright Mills, 1958 [21] Choosing Peace: A Handbook on War, Peace, and Your Conscience – Robert A. Seeley, 1994; The Cold and the Dark: The World after Nuclear War – Paul R. Ehrlich, Carl Sagan and Donald Kennedy, 1984; Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians – Chris Hedges, 2008
[2] [3] He based the concept on the books kept by Umberto Eco [4] —who used the term "antilibrary" to describe Jonathan Swift's description of a library on Gulliver's Travels [5] —writing that Eco "separates visitors into two categories": those who praise the size of his library and those who recognize that a library is a tool for research ...
"Thousand-yard stare", a 1944 illustration by Thomas C. Lea III. The use of war as metaphor is a longstanding literary and rhetorical trope.In political usage, war metaphors are used to manage a perceived societal problem, with the concept taking the place of an individual or state enemy in true war.
Polish-American Si Lewen's (1918– ) first book, The Parade: A Story in 55 Drawings (1957), won praise from Albert Einstein for its anti-war message. [41] Canadian George Kuthan's Aphrodite's Cup (1964) is an erotic book drawn in an ancient Greek style. [ 30 ]
War novels, including written military fiction [6] [7] War films, military fiction in cinema [8] [4] Military and war video games [5] [9] Subgenres of military fiction include: Military science fiction [1] [3] [7] [4] Naval fiction [10] Indian military fiction (of India)
Since technology and doctrine have changed over time, not all of them are in current use, or they may have been superseded by more modern terms. However, they are still in current use in articles about previous military periods. Some of them like camouflet have been adapted to describe modern versions of old techniques.
I assume that by "anti-war themes" we mean something like this: a) dealing with the personal, social, economic and/or environmental costs of war, and/or b) exploring, explaining or celebrating alternatives to violent conflict resolution. I expect that we want the anti-war theme to be a prominent feature of the book, as opposed to a backdrop.