{"product_id":"the-soldiers-tale-bearing-witness-to-a-modern-war-9780140261547","title":"The Soldiers' Tale: Bearing Witness to a Modern War","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Soldiers' Tale\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of modern wars as told by the men who did the actual fighting. Hynes examines the journals, memoirs, and letters of men who fought in the two World Wars and in Vietnam, and also the wars fought against the weak and helpless in concentration camps, prisoner-of-war camps, and bombed cities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInterweaving his own reflections on war with brilliantly chosen passages from soldiers' accounts, he offers vivid answers to the question we all ask of men who have fought: What was it like? In these powerful pages the experiences of modern war, which seem unimaginable to those who weren't there, become comprehensible and real. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe wide range of writers examined includes both famous literary memoirists like \u003cb\u003eRobert Graves, Tim O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eElie Wiesel\u003c\/b\u003e, and unknown soldiers who wrote only their war stories. Using these testimonies, Hynes considers each war in terms of its special circumstances and its effects on men who fought. His understanding of the psychology of warfare--and of each war's role in history--gives this study its intellectual authority; the voices of the men who were there, and wrote about what they saw and felt, give it its powerful dramatic impact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Hynes is Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature Emeritus at Princeton University and the author of several major works of literary criticism, including \u003cb\u003eThe Auden Generation\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eEdwardian Occasions\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eThe Edwardian Turn of Mind\u003c\/b\u003e. Hynes's wartime experiences as a Marine Corps pilot were the basis for his highly praised memoir, \u003cb\u003eFlights of Passage\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eThe Soldiers' Tale\u003c\/b\u003e, his book about soldiers' narratives of the two world wars and Vietnam, won a Robert F. Kennedy Award. He is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807248220434,"sku":"9780140261547","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_090c3e16-317d-4783-8c4d-0691761f265c.jpg?v=1766047822","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-soldiers-tale-bearing-witness-to-a-modern-war-9780140261547","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}