"Johnny Got His Gun" holds a place as one of the classic antiwar
novels. First published in 1939, Dalton Trumbo's story of a young
American soldier terribly maimed in World War I-- he "survives"
armless, legless, and faceless, but with mind intact-- was an
immediate bestseller. This fiercely moving novel was a rallying
point for many Americans who came of age during World War II, and
it became perhaps the most popular novel of protest during the
Vietnam era.
Citadel Underground's edition of "Johnny Got His Gun" features a
powerful new introduction by Ron Kovic, author of "Born on the
Fourth of July", and also includes an introduction by Dalton
Trumbo.
""Johnny Got His Gun" still remains the most powerful piece of
writing to influence me after Vietnam. Upon my return from the war,
and after all these twenty-two years spent in a wheelchair,
paralyzed from the mid-chest down, I've read many writers that have
influenced my life profoundly-- Hemingway, Conrad, Tolstoy, Gandhi,
Dr. Martin Luther King-- but there has been nothing out of that
body of great literature to compare to this book... "Johnny Got His
Gun" remains the most revolutionary, searing document against was
and injustice ever written." --Ron Kovic, from his introduction
"{This} is a terrifying book, of an extraordinary emotional
intensity." --The Washington Post
""Johnny Got His Gun" is not merely a powerful antiwar document;
it is also a powerful and brilliant work of the imagination... Mr.
Trumbo has written a book that can never be forgotten by anyone who
reads it." --Saturday Review
"A terrible story, remorseless, uncompromising... this book was
a shocking and violent experience." --Herald Tribune
"There can be no question of the effectiveness of this book."
--The New York Times
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