The naked and the dead
by Norman Mailer
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Based on Mailer’s own experience of military service in the Philippines during World War Two, The Naked and the Dead is a graphically truthful and shattering portrayal of ordinary men in battle. First published in 1949, as America was still basking in the glories of the Allied victory, it altered forever the popular perception of warfare.
Focusing on the experiences of a fourteen-man platoon stationed on a Japanese-held island in the South Pacific during World War II, and written in a journalistic style, it tells the moving story of the soldiers' struggle to retain a sense of dignity amidst the horror of warfare, and to find a source of meaning in their lives amidst the sounds and fury of battle.
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Fiction, Men and war, Soldiers, World War, 1939-1945, Campaigns, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Marines, Military campaigns, Fiction, war & military, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American Participation, Military participation, American, Fiction, historical, generalPlaces
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World War II, 1939-1945Showing 7 featured editions. View all 30 editions?
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The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author
August 5, 2000, Picador
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in English
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The naked and the dead
1998, H. Holt
in English
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0805060189 9780805060188
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The naked and the dead
1981, Henry Holt and Company, Henry Holt & Company
in English
0805005218 9780805005219
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