{"product_id":"axisaxes-to-grind-milton-a-cohen-9781638041771","title":"Axis\/Axes to Grind: Political Slants in American World War II Novels, 1945-1975","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAxis\/Axes to Grind \u003c\/i\u003estudies various political themes in American World War II novels of three decades. These themes include \"big picture\" novels that interpret the war's meaning and predict the postwar political climate (\u003ci\u003eThe Naked and the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Young Lions\u003c\/i\u003e) and novels that dramatize rebellions against military authority (\u003ci\u003eFrom Here to Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Caine Mutiny\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/i\u003e). \"Political\" also includes conflicts between various minorities and the dominant socio-political culture (White, Christian and heterosexual). Racial conflicts appear in \u003ci\u003eIf He Hollers Let Him Go\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnd Then We Heard the Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGuard of Honor\u003c\/i\u003e); subversive gay themes inform \u003ci\u003eThe Gallery\u003c\/i\u003e; anti-Semitic conflicts appear in several novels, particularly the Holocaust novel \u003ci\u003ePoint of No Return. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWar novels written well after the war tend to see the war through the lens of the author's own times. Thus, the 1960s protests against the Vietnam war inform the pacifism in \u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five. \u003c\/i\u003eAnd in \u003ci\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e, the transnational cartels that enable the V-2 rocket attacks against England prefigure the military-industrial complex of Pynchon's time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Milton A. Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1638041776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781638041771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clemson University Press W\/ Lup\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Milton A. Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241401102591,"sku":"9781638041771","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4102876-9617-415f-a1bd-2dadea80ce32.jpg?v=1772654254","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/axisaxes-to-grind-milton-a-cohen-9781638041771","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}