Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun

<b>The Searing Portrayal Of War That Has Stunned And Galvanized Generations Of Readers</b><br><br>An immediate bestseller upon its original publication in 1939, Dalton Trumbo’s stark, profoundly troubling masterpiece about the horrors of World War I brilliantly crystallized the uncompromising brutality of war and became the most influential protest novel of the Vietnam era. With a compelling new foreword by fellow award-winning writer E. L. Doctorow, <i>Johnny Got His Gun</i> is an undisputed classic of antiwar literature that’s as timely as ever.<br><br>“A terrifying book, of an extraordinary emotional intensity.”--<i>The Washington Post</i><br><br>"Powerful. . . an eye-opener." --Michael Moore<br><br>"Mr. Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury amounting to eloquence."--<i>The New York Times</i><br><br>"A book that can never be forgotten by anyone who reads it."--<i>Saturday Review</i>