Monday, March 21, 2005

A literary form of anti-war protest

Book suggestion: “Articles of War” by Nick Arvin

There was a review at Amazon in which the reader admitted this book took him by surprise. Perfect description...as far as I’m concerned. Even the way I discovered it was unexpected. I was on the plane coming home from Houston and found a copy of the USA Today leisure section. Therein was a positive review for “Articles of War.” The WWII theme caught my eye so I got myself a copy.



It started a little slow...but then came the surprise. “Articles of War” is an extremely well-written anti-war book without dogma or theory. The story of a grunt called Heck offers a graphic, stark, and uncompromising glimpse at the inefficiency, the brutality, and the camaraderie of war...a glimpse that resonates with tales of WWI right up the current U.S. occupation of Iraq.



(thanks to Latuff: http://latuff2.deviantart.com)

A short book you’ll read in one sitting...it’s fiction that intertwines with the real-life story of Pvt. Eddie Slovik. I can’t say I loved the ending but I feel that way about most novels.

If you want a one sentence pitch: It’s “Slaughterhouse Five” meets “Saving Private Ryan.”

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