The Naked and the Dead | Social Concerns
The Naked and the Dead centers on preparations for the invasion of Anopopei, an island held by the Japanese during the latter stages of the Second World War. It is the social novel par excellence because it explores the lives of both the officers and the infantrymen. On one level General Cummings, an incipient American Fascist, plans the grand strategy of the invasion. On another level, Sergeant Croft and his men struggle up a mountain on a doomed mission to get behind Japanese lines.
Like Cummings, Croft contends with a geographical cross section of soldiers: Red Valsen,...
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