The American Novel of War

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The American Novel of War is written by Wallis R. Sanborn, III and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0786492708 (ISBN 10) and 9780786492701 (ISBN 13).

In song, verse, narrative, and dramatic form, war literature has existed for nearly all of recorded history. Accounts of war continue to occupy American bestseller lists and the stacks of American libraries. This innovative work establishes the American novel of war as its own sub-genre within American war literature, creating standards by which such works can be classified and critically and popularly analyzed. Each chapter identifies a defining characteristic, analyzes existing criticism, and explores the characteristic in American war novels of record. Topics include violence, war rhetoric, the death of noncombatants, and terrain as an enemy.