The Naked and the Dead
50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author
by Norman Mailer
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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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The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author
August 5, 2000, Picador
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in English
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0312265050 9780312265052
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The naked and the dead
1985, Panther, Grafton
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in English
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The naked and the dead
1981, Henry Holt and Company, Henry Holt & Company
in English
0805005218 9780805005219
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