{"product_id":"9781476628189","title":"Friendly Fire in the Literature of War","description":"The term “friendly fire” was coined in the 1970s but the theme appears in literature from ancient times to the present. It begins the narrative in Aeschylus’s \u003ci\u003ePersians\u003c\/i\u003e and Larry Heinemann’s \u003ci\u003ePaco’s Story\u003c\/i\u003e. It marks the turning point in Homer’s \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e, Virgil’s \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChanson de Roland\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephen Crane’s \u003ci\u003eThe Red Badge of Courage\u003c\/i\u003e and Tim O’Brien’s \u003ci\u003eGoing After Cacciato\u003c\/i\u003e. It is the subject of transformative disclosure in Jaan Kross’s \u003ci\u003eCzar’s Madman\u003c\/i\u003e, Ron Kovic’s \u003ci\u003eBorn on the Fourth of July\u003c\/i\u003e, O’Brien’s \u003ci\u003eIn the Lake of the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e and A.B. Yehoshua’s \u003ci\u003eFriendly Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. In some stories, events propel the characters into a friendly-fire catastrophe, as in Thomas Taylor’s \u003ci\u003eA Piece of this Country\u003c\/i\u003e and Oliver Stone’s 1986 film \u003ci\u003ePlatoon\u003c\/i\u003e. This study examines friendly fire in a broad range of literary contexts.","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company, Incorporated Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157614444784,"sku":"9781476628189","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476628189_p0.jpg?v=1763609119","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476628189","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}