The Strange Land by Ned Calmer

Paperback. Condition: Good+. 1951. Signet. First Printing. 

A Signet Double Volume.

This is a stirring, savage picture of war. In its unforgettable description of the experiences of twelve Americans – eleven men and one woman – it brings alive the sounds, sights and smells of warfare on every level of experience. In its poignant picture of a teen-age infantry private, desperately trying to prove his bravery, the tender love affair between a young WAC and courageous officer, the ruthless ambition of a scheming war correspondent, it eloquently portrays what it is like to live, and die, in war. Seldom have the tragedy, heroism, exhaustion and terror of war been more powerfully revealed.

Enthusiastically acclaimed in the literary, military and religious press as one of the best modern war novels, The Strange Land is a moving, vivid account of the emotions and actions of men and women in danger.