Anti-war books

[Elmo]

Do you know any great anti-war books you'd like to recommend?

I surely like Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front
and Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five, which I think I read somewhere, is required reading at the USMA.

In Slaughterhouse-five there is a robot who flies jets for living. These jets drop napalm on people. Nobody likes the robot because he has bad breath but after he fixes that problem he becomes extremely popular among the ladies. Vonnegut got wits par to none.

[NcDeuce]

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[FuturePara]

I think it's pretty hard to argue that there's ever been a more blatantly anti-war novel then "Johnny Got His Gun". The book was banned during WWII because of its message, actually.
It is written from the prespective of a WWI soldier who loses his arms, legs, and face yet survives and what life is like for him.
Extremely disturbing book that really makes you think twice about what war truely is like.

[California Joe]

Catch 22

[James]

Dear Mr. President, by Gabe Hudson. Desert Storm

The Things They Carried, by Tim Obrien. VIetnam

Company K, by William March. WWI

Through the Wheat, by Thomas Boyd. WWI

Suddenly We Didn't Want to Die, by Elton Mackin. WWI

With the exception of the first title, the authors are BTDTs, and they don't write against war from the perspective of one who has a philosophical argument against it, but from the perspective of one who has suffered and witnessed great suffering.

[FuturePara]

James, do you know where it's possible to get a hold of Company K or Through the Wheat?
I know they're out of print but loved "Suddenly We didn't want to die" and I really want to read those two also.

[James]

James, do you know where it's possible to get a hold of Company K or Through the Wheat?
I know they're out of print but loved "Suddenly We didn't want to die" and I really want to read those two also.

Voila!

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[FuturePara]

D'oh!.... :cantbeli:
I should have known that...

[Elmo]

Oh yeah, Catch 22 is hilarious.
Especially that Major major major character.

[Salty Dog]

The Things They Carried, by Tim Obrien. VIetnam

that's a good book. especially when they strap they strap the claymore onto the puppy. p-)

[Beowulf]

The Things They Carried, by Tim Obrien. Vietnam

Just finished this one, good book.

[Dalleer]

Catch 22

I suppose that Catch 22 was good as a book, but I must tell you that the movie was utter crap. Everything was so mixed up, that you'd think that a junkie would have directed it under the influence of LSD or something.

The book might be okay if it doesn't represent anything even close to the movie, but otherwise I'd say that in my personal opinion "Catch 22" is certainly one of the suckiest "anti-war" movies ever.

Hell, maybe 'real' war movies have brainwashed me so good that I couldn't understand anything that doesn't have a "gunnery sergeant Hartman" or a "Captain Miller" in it...

[n.ignomo]

All quiet on west front (english version) from the famous Erich Maria Remarque/Kramer (aka).