World War II

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This paper discusses World War II as described by various authors in their respective work. The paper reviews the intense, emotional and possibly spiritual transformation of soldiers that fought on the front line and ponders the idea that war is just part of the human experience, like birth and death.

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"Linderman does qualify these descriptions by reflecting that news reporters only captured sound bites and reactions from the front, but rarely spent much time there. Soldiers rarely were writers; so much of the language that was recorded was in reaction to events, not through contemplation and soul-searching. Moreover, there is, of course, a sobering sense of being a target, and the knowledge that death may come any minute, that carries its own, less upbeat common reaction among the soldiers. With the input from war reporters, Linderman pieces together the process that occurs between the infantryman's first look at war, and the eventual total involvement. Along with the heightened state of being comes the change of perception of the spectacle around them. Linderman eloquently describes the inner-conflict inherent in this newly acquired appreciation of destructive beauty, and how soldiers tempered their words. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ghandi, Mohandas K. An Autobiography, The Story of My Experiments With Truth Beacon Press, Boston: 1993.
• Linderman, Gerald F. The World within War, America's Combat Experience in World War II Simon & Schuster, New York: 1997.

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