Johnny Got His Gun

<strong>Johnny Got His Gun</strong> holds a place as one of the classic antiwar novels. Firstpublished in 1939 Dalton Trumbos story of a young American soldier ... » 

Johnny Got His Gun holds a place as one of the classic antiwar novels. Firstpublished in 1939 Dalton Trumbos story of a young American soldier terriblymaimed in World War I he survives armless legless and faceless but withmind intact was an immediate bestseller. This fiercely moving novel was arallying point for many Americans who came of age during World War II and itbecame perhaps the most popular novel of protest during the Vietnam era.Citadel Undergrounds edition of Johnny Got His Gun features a powerful newintroduction by Ron Kovic author of Born on the Fourth of July and alsoincludes an introduction by Dalton Trumbo.Johnny Got His Gun still remains the most powerful piece of writing toinfluence me after Vietnam. Upon my return from the war and after all thesetwentytwo years spent in a wheelchair paralyzed from the midchest down Iveread many writers that have influenced my life profoundly Hemingway ConradTolstoy Gandhi Dr. Martin Luther King but there has been nothing out ofthat body of great literature to compare to this book... Johnny Got His Gunremains the most revolutionary searing document against was and injustice everwritten. Ron Kovic from his introductionThis is a terrifying book of an extraordinary emotional intensity. TheWashington PostJohnny Got His Gun is not merely a powerful antiwar document it is also apowerful and brilliant work of the imagination... Mr. Trumbo has written a bookthat can never be forgotten by anyone who reads it. Saturday ReviewA terrible story remorseless uncompromising... this book was a shocking andviolent experience. Herald TribuneThere can be no question of the effectiveness of this book. The New YorkTimes «