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An edition of The Naked and the Dead (1948)

The naked and the dead.

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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. First published in 1949, as America was still basking in the glories of the Allied victory, it altered forever the popular perception of warfare.

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 the horror of warfare, and to find a source of meaning in their lives amidst the sounds and fury of battle.

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Rinehart, The Modern Library
Language
English
Pages
721

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Fiction, Men and war, Soldiers, World War, 1939-1945, Campaigns, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Marines, Military campaigns, Fiction, war & military, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American Participation, Military participation, American, Fiction, historical, general

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The South Pacific

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World War II, 1939-1945

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The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author
August 5, 2000, Picador
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The naked and the dead
1992, Paladin
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The naked and the dead
1981, Henry Holt and Company, Henry Holt & Company
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The naked and the dead
1964, Panther, Grafton
in English - [New ed.]
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The naked and the dead
1949, Deutsch
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The naked and the dead.
1948, Rinehart, The Modern Library
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New York
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Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3525.A4152 N34 1948

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Pagination
721 p. :
Number of pages
721

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL6030362M
LCCN
48006633
Library Thing
10155

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Work ID
OL1822241W

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"NOBODY COULD sleep."

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