THE LITERATURE OF COMMAND: DELINEATIONS OF THE FLAG RANK MILITARY OFFICER IN THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN WAR NOVEL,
Abstract
Many of the better war novels written since World War 2 are focused on the high-ranking military commander. Whereas in the early novels general officers were merely undifferentiated, functionalized creatures of the environment that wars inevitably produce, these books examine commanders in detail, creating figures whose personal and professional attributes produce implications that reach beyond the battlefield, sometimes not dissipated by war's end. The document examines the fictional portrayal of such officers. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0713377
Entities
People
- Peter G. Jones
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College