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The Thin Red Line

Author: James Jones
ISBN: 978-0141393247
Reading list:
Extended: CAPT, LT, WO2, SGT
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A fictionalisation of the Guadalcanal campaign in the Second World War, this book is based on the author’s experience in the US 25th Infantry Division. The theme is that war, despite being a mass human occurrence, is a very personal and lonely experience each individual suffers alone. With depictions of violence and murder, dread, fear and frustration, this oft-confronting book is renowned for its realism. 

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