Includes bibliographical references and index.

Advisors -- Guest foreword -- Introduction -- Literary chronology -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Volume 1. War and peace in American literature -- War and peace in British literature -- War and peace in world literature -- Across five Aprils -- All quiet on the western front -- The art of war -- Black Hawk down: a story of modern war -- Born on the fourth of July -- Catch-22 -- "The charge of the light brigade" -- Cold mountain -- Common sense -- The diary of a young girl -- "Easter 1916" -- Farewell to Manzanar -- For whom the bell tolls -- Gone with the wind -- Henry V -- Hiroshima -- The house of the spirits -- Iliad -- "In Flanders fields" -- In the time of the butterflies -- "I will fight no more forever" -- Johnny Tremain -- The last of the Mohicans -- Le morte D'Arthur -- Volume 2. Night -- "O Captain! My Captain" -- "Patterns" -- Persepolis: the story of a childhood -- The red badge of courage -- Schindler's list -- A separate peace -- "The sniper" -- A tale of two cities -- "The things they carried" -- Things fall apart -- The tin drum -- War and peace -- The woman warrior: memoirs of a girlhood among ghosts -- Anti-war protest -- Heroes and leaders -- Oppression and genocide -- Revolution and revolt -- Survival and recovery -- Terrorism -- Utopia and utopian ideals -- Violence and brutality -- Women and war -- What do I read next? -- Media adaptations -- Glossary of literary terms -- Cumulative author/title index -- Nationality/ethnicity index.

Presents a myriad of viewpoints, so that modern readers can begin to grasp the complexities of war and its impact. Such stories give voice to the individuals who fight and are fought against, who are injured, who suffer on the battlefield and at home, and who, inevitably, can no longer speak for themselves. Examines dominant and recurring subthemes in the literature of war; including survival, terrorism, leadership, and genocide.

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