{"product_id":"friendly-fire-in-the-literature-of-war-9781476667218","title":"Friendly Fire in the Literature of War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The term friendly fire was coined in the 1970s but the theme appears in literature from ancient times to the present. It begins the narrative in Aeschylus''s \u003ci\u003ePersians\u003c\/i\u003e and Larry Heinemann''s \u003ci\u003ePaco''s Story\u003c\/i\u003e. It marks the turning point in Homer''s \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e, Virgil''s \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChanson de Roland\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephen Crane''s \u003ci\u003eThe Red Badge of Courage\u003c\/i\u003e and Tim O''Brien''s \u003ci\u003eGoing After Cacciato\u003c\/i\u003e. It is the subject of transformative disclosure in Jaan Kross''s \u003ci\u003eCzar''s Madman\u003c\/i\u003e, Ron Kovic''s \u003ci\u003eBorn on the Fourth of July\u003c\/i\u003e, O''Brien''s \u003ci\u003eIn the Lake of the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e and A.B. Yehoshua''s \u003ci\u003eFriendly Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. In some stories, events propel the characters into a friendly-fire catastrophe, as in Thomas Taylor''s \u003ci\u003eA Piece of this Country\u003c\/i\u003e and Oliver Stone''s 1986 film \u003ci\u003ePlatoon\u003c\/i\u003e. This study examines friendly fire in a broad range of literary contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040409125207,"sku":"9781476667218","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476667218.jpg?v=1750946656","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/friendly-fire-in-the-literature-of-war-9781476667218","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}