Understanding the Literature of World War II : A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents

With insightful analysis, factual contextual information, and illuminating historical documents, this book provides a detailed, but broad perspective on the most destructive event in history. The literature analyzed in this book includes that of novelists and poets such as Joseph Heller, Norman Mailer, Irwin Shaw, Kurt Vonnegut, William Styron, Richard Wilbur, James Dickey, Paul West, and Bette Green. Along with interviews with these literary luminaries, which personalize the war and help to make connections between the literature and the actual experiences of those involved, Meredith also provides rare historical documents, which enhance the reader's understanding of the military and political strategies of the major forces of the war.