Junior Project List for : The Wages of War
Periods:
1800 - 1860
Cooper, James Fenimore. The Last of the Mohicans. (1826) French & Indian
Wars
1860 - 1899
Bierce, Ambrose. Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. (1892) Civil War
Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage (1895). Civil War
1900 - 1919
1920 - 1939
Hemingway, Ernest .A Farewell to Arms (c1929) 332p. WW1
Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. Post WW1
Forester, C. S. . The African Queen (c1935) 307p., WW1 The effects of World
War I on the African interior
1940 - 1959
Heller, Joseph. Catch-22 (c1955) 463p. WW2
Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Spanish Civil War Wartime's absurdities
as experienced by an American soldier.
Hershey, John. Hiroshima.
Jones, James. From Here to Eternity (c1951) 861p. WW2 Just before the bombing
of Pearl Harbor, life on a Hawaiian army base includes love affairs and friendships.
Mailer, Norman. The Naked and the Dead. WW2
Wouk, Herman. The Caine Mutiny (c1951) 616p. WW2. A mine sweeper in the Pacific
is the setting for a mutiny and its aftermath.
1960 - 1979
O'Brien, Tim. Going After Cacciato (c1978) 301p. Viet Nam
O'Brien, Tim. If I Die in a Combat Zone. Viet Nam
O'Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried. Viet Nam Prize winning novel by a war
veteran.
Trumbo, Dalton. Johnny Got His Gun (c1969) 309p. WW1 A haunting novel about
a gravely wounded soldier who is conscious of all the body parts and functions
he has lost.
1980 - 1999
Bao, Ninh. The Sorrow of War (c1995) 233p. Viet Nam
Leffland, Ella. Rumors of Peace (c1979) 389p. WW2. Fears of Japanese invasion
as experienced by a community in the Bay Area.
Mason, Bobbie Ann. In Country (c1985) 247p. Viet Nam. The daughter of a soldier
killed in the war tries to learn about him to his death.
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