Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-174) and index
Contents:
Introduction Background on Ernest Hemingway. The life of Ernest Hemingway / Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature Hemingway learned and lost from his war experiences / Peter Moreira Writers tell the truth about war / Ernest Hemingway For Hemingway, war was inevitable and criminal / Erik Nakjavani Hemingway kept politics out of his art / Frederick R. Benson For whom the bell tolls and war. Hemingway depicts war as a test of moral character / E.L. Doctorow Hemingway shows all sides of war / Peter Messent Hemingway refused to write war propaganda / Samuel Shaw Robert Jordan learns about the complexity of war / Jeffrey Walsh Hemingway's characters fight for a cause / Peter L. Hays Robert Jordan is a Hemingway hero who wins / Philip Young For whom the bells tolls is a novel about how to die / Scott Donaldson Pilar's massacre story depicts the brutality of humankind / Allen Josephs For whom the bell tolls is a war epic / Carlos Baker Maria is a victim of war / Charles J. Nolan, Jr. Contemporary perspectives on war. The Afghanistan War must be won / The economist The media fueled the run-up to the Iraq War / Matthew Rothschild The Spanish Civil War offers important lessons about Iraq / Stephen Schwartz America failed to accomplish its goals in Iraq / Jed Babbin Obama's war tactics are subtle but deadly / Luiza Ch. Savage Middle East revolutions may not lead to democracy / Pauline H. Baker
