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The story follows a discussion between parents of soldiers in the First World War about how they deal with grief. The story covers topics of patriotism, grief, and the destructive nature of war. It is regarded by some as one of the greatest short stories of the Interwar period, along with Jean-Paul Sartre's The Wall.
Categories: World War II fiction. Historical short stories. War short stories. Short stories set in the 1930s. Short stories set in the 1940s.
Solution Unsatisfactory. " Solution Unsatisfactory " is a 1941 science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. It describes the US effort to build a nuclear weapon in order to end the ongoing World War II, and its dystopian consequences to the nation and the world. The story was first published in Astounding Science Fiction ...
The Second World War is a history of the period from the end of the First World War to July 1945, written by Winston Churchill.Churchill labelled the "moral of the work" as follows: "In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnanimity, In Peace: Goodwill".
The War Prayer. " The War Prayer ", a short story or prose poem by Mark Twain, is a scathing indictment of war, and particularly of blind patriotic and religious fervor as motivations for war. The structure of the work is simple: an unnamed country goes to war, and patriotic citizens attend a church service for soldiers who have been called up.
Reynal & Hitchcock. Publication date. 1946. " Beware of the Dog " is a 1944 World War II story by Roald Dahl which was originally published in Harper's Magazine and later appeared in his Over to You collection. Its basic plot was adapted into the 1964 movie 36 Hours, starring James Garner and Rod Taylor, and the TV movie Breaking Point in 1989.
Summary. The story's protagonist is Harold Krebs, a young man who is unhappy after he returns home from serving in World War I . The story begins with a very brief background of Krebs' life. Before the war, he attended a Methodist college in Kansas where he was part of a fraternity. In 1917, Krebs enlisted in the Marines and did not return to ...
In Our Time. (short story collection) In Our Time is the title of Ernest Hemingway 's first collection of short stories, published in 1925 by Boni & Liveright, New York, and of a collection of vignettes published in 1924 in France titled in our time. Its title is derived from the English Book of Common Prayer, "Give peace in our time, O Lord".