The Naked and the Dead - Norman Mailer
The Naked and the Dead - Norman Mailer 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…
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The Naked and the Dead - Norman Mailer
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. 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 t First published in 1949, as America was still basking in the glories of the Allied victory, it altered forever the popular perception of warfare.