Wwii: A Tribute in Art and Literature

by Colbert, David; Bradley, James

• ISBN13: 9780737031645
• ISBN10: 0737031646
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub

Summary

WWII: A Tribute in Art and Literature remembers the individuals who made this near-apocalypse such an immense human drama, such an extraordinary period in our history. Editor David Colbert traces their stories through a thoughtful collection of poetry, fiction, and eyewitness accounts, from the first rush of adrenaline to the horrific reality of war and finally to its lingering legacy. Here are the insights of William Faulkner, Langston Hughes, Marge Piercy, and Joseph Heller, the multidimensional prose of James Jones, Primo Levi, and Irwin Shaw, the brutality of James Clavell countered by the levity of Bob Hope.

Author Biography

David Colbert is the author of the acclaimed history series Eyewitness to America, Eyewitness to the American West, and Eyewitness to Wall Street. He is also the editor of Time Life's Baseball: The National Pastime in Art and Literature. Previously he was publisher of HarperCollins West

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Esprit de Corps	p. 12
"The Underground"	p. 14
"The Little Ships," from The Miracle of Dunkirk	p. 16
from From Here to Eternity	p. 23
from "Two Soldiers"	p. 32
from "The Airstrip at Konora," from Tales of the South Pacific	p. 36
from Gone to Soldiers	p. 46
The Poster War	p. 50
Ritual	p. 52
"Naming of Parts," from "Lessons of the War"	p. 55
"Rosie the Riveter"	p. 56
from Guard of Honor	p. 61
"Swing-song"	p. 63
from "The Sky Makes Me Hate It"	p. 65
"Rank"	p. 69
"Magic Pieces" and "Superstition"	p. 73
"The Island"	p. 76
Courage	p. 78
"Leaving Home," from Barry Broadfoot's Six War Years: 1939-1945	p. 80
"A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child, in London"	p. 85
from They Were Expendable	p. 86
from Obasan	p. 88
"Who's Afraid of the New Focke-Wulf?"	p. 93
from Bomber	p. 94
"Go for Broke," from Journey to Washington	p. 101
from The Young Lions	p. 106
"The Lion Roars"	p. 113
Inhumanity	p. 114
"The Opaque Had Become Transparent"	p. 117
from Schindler's List	p. 118
from If This Is a Man (Survival in Auschwitz)	p. 124
"What Is Terrible"	p. 129
"Digging in a Footlocker"	p. 130
"Unseen Fire"	p. 131
"We Regret Our Mistake"	p. 132
from The Naked and the Dead	p. 135
"The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner"	p. 138
from Catch-22	p. 141
D-Day	p. 142
from The Young Lions
from My War
from Voices of D-Day
"Iwo Jima"	p. 151
from King Rat	p. 152
Humanity	p. 158
"Must We Hate to Fight?"	p. 160
"Captain Waskow"	p. 163
"She Was Toronto, She Was Home," from Barry Broadfoot's Six War Years: 1939-1945	p. 166
"Enchantment"	p. 168
from Slaughterhouse-Five	p. 171
"Still Falls the Rain"	p. 174
Letters Home	p. 176
Morale	p. 178
from See Here, Private Hargrove	p. 180
"Ack-Ack to Whistle-Jerk: Army Slang"	p. 182
from Mister Roberts	p. 185
Letters to Yank	p. 192
As told to Pete Martin, from Have Tux, Will Travel	p. 194
Our Songs	p. 197
"This Is the Army, Mr. Jones"
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
"The White Cliffs of Dover"
The Lighter Side	p. 202
Legacy	p. 204
Hiroshima	p. 206
from Memoris of Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions
from The World at War
from Hiroshima
"The War God"	p. 214
"Peggy Terry," from The Good War	p. 217
"A Ghost from Arakan"	p. 220
"In Some Drawer ...," from James Jones: A Friendship	p. 222
With Ron Powers, from Flags of Our Fathers	p. 226
"The Lost Pilot"	p. 229
"I Shook Her Hand," from Barry Broadfoot's Six War Years: 1939-1945	p. 231
World War II Timeline	p. 234
Credits	p. 237
Acknowledgments	p. 240
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