{"product_id":"2940014804080","title":"One Man's Initiation","description":"Written in 1922, this work is in the same genre as ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. It is unrelentingly bloody and bitter. The particular French battlefield in which the futile killings and maiming is more universal than specific -- no particular battle is named. This pessimistic novel might be termed, rather tritely, to be but a description of the horrors of war intended as an anti-war tract. Without either a clear characterization of the individuals involved, nor a concrete military or political context, its horrific descriptions of death, wounding, and gassing, makes one think of the writer as anti war, which is exactly what John Dos Passos was.  He was hated by many, but sadly, many people need to read his books to understand what Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome really is.","brand":"Dons Ebooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070917886192,"sku":"2940014804080","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014804080_p0.jpg?v=1763615894","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014804080","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}