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Axis/Axes to Grind: Political Slants in American World War II Novels, 1945-1975

Axis/Axes to Grind: Political Slants in American World War II Novels, 1945-1975

A. Cohen, Milton

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Series: Clemson University Press W/ Lup

Literary CriticismGeneral Political ScienceWorld War II

ISBN10: 1638041776
ISBN13: 9781638041771
Publisher: Clemson University Press W/ Lup
Published: Jun 3 2025
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Axis/Axes to Grind studies various political themes in American World War II novels of three decades. These themes include big picture novels that interpret the war's meaning and predict the postwar political climate (The Naked and the Dead, The Young Lions) and novels that dramatize rebellions against military authority (From Here to Eternity, The Caine Mutiny and Catch-22). Political also includes conflicts between various minorities and the dominant socio-political culture (White, Christian and heterosexual). Racial conflicts appear in If He Hollers Let Him Go, And Then We Heard the Thunder and Guard of Honor); subversive gay themes inform The Gallery; anti-Semitic conflicts appear in several novels, particularly the Holocaust novel Point of No Return.

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