Three Soldiers (Modern Library, 205.1)

The years that have passed since the World War have been severe to the literature of that disastrous episode in human history. Only a few books have survived. Of these, Three Soldiers stands preeminent. It reveals the cant and manufactured romanticism of war. Through the experiences of three men of the ranks, humanity's most ghastly venture in mutual destruction stands condemned as criminal and futile. Three Soldiers introduced a writer who has since become a major figure among American novelists. Upon this first book his reputation rests securely.