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Portrays the contrasting personalities and nostalgic reminiscences of a group of American soldiers engaged in a combat operation against the Japanese during World War II.
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<p>Hailed as one of the finest novels to come out of the Second World War, <i>The Naked</i> <i>and the Dead</i> received unprecedented critical acclaim upon its publication and has since become part of the American canon. This fiftieth anniversary edition features a new introduction created especially for the occasion by Norman Mailer.<br><br>Written in gritty, journalistic detail, the story follows an army platoon of foot soldiers who are fighting for the possession of the Japanese-held island of Anopopei. Composed in 1948, <i>The Naked and the Dead</i> is representative of the best in twentieth-century American writing.</p>
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