Undisciplined conscripts are likely to commit atrocities–and also, as Hemingway notes in “Farewell to Arms,” to lose.
Tag Archives: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Hemingway on What War Atrocities Mean
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On Men and Novel Reading
Thoughts on the differences between women and men reading novels.
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Imagine Hemingway in Ukraine
Ukrainian resistance to the Russians has me reading “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” and I’m seeing a lot of similarities.
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The Novels that Shaped John McCain
McCain’s favorite novels included “Great Gatsby,” “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” “Huckleberry Finn,” and works by Somerset Maugham. One can understand why.
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Great Pro-War Literature Doesn’t Exist
In which I argue that great pro-war literature doesn’t exist, including “The iliad” and “War and Peace.” (Both works are magnificent; I just don’t see them as pro-war.)
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Through WWII, My Father Carried Poetry
Literature played a major role in my father’s World War II experiences.
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