In Remembrance
Fiction in Times of War

1775 – 1783 (Revolutionary War)

The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War by Jimmy Carter
The Patriots by Jack Cavanaugh
The Fort: A Novel of the Revolutionary War by Bernard Cornwell
Dark Eagle: A Novel of Benedict Arnold and the American Revolution by John Ensor Harr
Brave Enemies by Robert Morgan
By Force of Arms by James L. Nelson
The Glorious Cause: A Novel of the American Revolution by Jeff Shaara

1861 – 1865 (American Civil War)

To Make Men Free: A Novel of the Battle of Antietam by Richard Croker
North and South by John Jakes
Stonewall's Gold by Robert J. Mrazek
Manassas by James Reasoner
The Sands of Pride by William R. Trotter
A Distant Flame by Philip Lee Williams

1914 - 1918 (World War I)

The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
A Cup of Tea by Amy Ephron
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Gifts of War by Mackenzie Ford
The Blindness of the Heart by Julia Franck
Losing Julia by Jonathan Hull
Shoulder the Sky by Anne Perry
Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter R. Pouncey
To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War by Jeff Shaara

1939 - 1945 (World War II)

Warning of War: A Novel of the North China Marines by James Brady
Wild Embers by Anita R. Bunkley
Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernières
Aces: A Novel of World War II by Robert Denny
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Land Girls by Angela Huth
Black Cross by Greg Iles
Night of Flames: A Novel of World War II by Douglas W. Jacobson
Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon
Suite Francaise by Irène Némirovsky
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
Resistance by Anita Shreve

1950 - 1953 (Korean War)

The Marines of Autumn: A Novel of the Korean War by James Brady
Retreat, Hell! By W. E. B. Griffin
War Trash by Ha Jin
The Bridges at Toko-ri by James A. Michener
Taps by Willie Morris
I Am The Clay by Chaim Potok
The Hunters by James Salter
Dog Company Six by Edwin H. Simmons

1961 - 1975 (Vietnam War)

The Peacemakers by Jack Cavanaugh
Bluesman by Andre Dubus
The Price of Honor by David H. Hackworth
Finding Moon by Tony Hillerman
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
A Dangerous Friend by Ward Just
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes
The Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction by Tim O'Brien

1991  (Persian Gulf War)

Courage Under Fire by Patrick Sheane Duncan
Eye of the Storm by Jack Higgins
The Command by David Poyer

2001 (Afghan War)

The Warlord’s Son by Dan Fesperman
The Mullah’s Storm by Thomas W. Young

2003 (Iraq War)

Man in the Middle by Brian Haig
The Sandbox by David Zimmerman

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