by Sebastian Faulks

From the trenches of France to the jungles of Vietnam and beyond, this collection of thirty-nine short stories and novel excerpts--by Bruce Chatwin, Ernest Hemingway, Kurt Vonnegut, Kay Boyle, John Fowles, and Norman Mailer, among others--captures the lives of the soldiers and civilians who become caught up in the fierce conflict of war. Original. 50,000 first printing.