Johnny Got His Gun
by Dalton Trumbo
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Author: Dalton TrumboEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-01
ISBN: 0806528478
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Citadel
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Book Review: A Must Read
Summary: 5 Stars
Everybody should read this book and the startling introductions from people who have experienced the horrors and waste of war first hand. Written in a breathless beat style many years before the beats even existed, this book is as relevant today as it was when it was first published in 1939 at the start of WW2. Even today, our leaders have not learned from the lessons of WW1 (which this book is about) and continue to send the little guys to slaughter for causes they do not understand and do not believe in. To paraphrase Trumbo, when they die, they do not die with the idea of liberty and freedom on their minds or of fighting for country, they die crying for a friend, a mother, the sight of home... This book is heart-breaking and not for the faint hearted but it is real and it is the truth. It makes you angry and sad and will stay with you forever. It is the bible of anti-war books and Joe Bonham is the new Christ of the common man and woman.
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