The authorÕs cynicism is expressed in the clash between Lieutenant Hearn, a wealthy liberal, and General Cummings, a fascist who believes that soldiers  must be mere automatons.
It focuses on 13 characters, whose lives before entering the military are described in flashbacks. The authorÕs cynicism is expressed in the clash between Lieutenant Hearn, a wealthy liberal, and General Cummings, a fascist who believes that soldiers  must be mere automatons. FTP, identify this 1948 novel, set on a Pacific island during World War II, and written by Norman Mailer.
It focuses on 13 characters, whose lives before entering the military are described in flashbacks.
The Naked and the Dead