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The Great War and Modern Memory – Paul Fussell (1975)

The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell

November 15, 2021 by vel veeter 1 Comment

This book looks into the question of the ways in which writers of the first world war wrote about the experiences of wartime, what they brought with them, and how they shaped writing afterward. Specifically, Paul Fussell is trying to bring a sense of British literature (well, British writing) to an American audience. Fussell is a literary scholar and an American combat veteran of World War II. If you’ve read his essays collection “Thank God for the Atom Bomb” you already know how he privileges […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Paul Fussell

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:451 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Paul Fussell ·
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Thank God for the Atom Bomb – Paul Fussell (1988)

Thank God for the Atom Bomb and Other Essays by Paul Fussell

January 12, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is a tough one to review in part because what Paul Fussell is essentially arguing in the opening essay is that the dropping of the atomic bomb unleashed untold horrors–the death and destruction intended and known prior to, with the legacy of radiation and cancer and unforeseen consequence–but based on the information at the time, and based on the costs of lives, and seen through the eyes of common soldiers, airmen, and sailors to be the best option there was at the time. The […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Paul Fussell, thank god for the atom bomb

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:13 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Paul Fussell, thank god for the atom bomb ·
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