Table of Contents
Introduction 9
Chronology 12
Chapter 1 Background on Ernest Hemingway
1 Ernest Hemingway's Life and Works Ira Elliott 18
2 The Inception and Reception of A Farewell to Arms Robert W. Lewis 27
Chapter 2 War in A Farewell to Arms
1 A Farewell to Arms Glorifies War, Violence, and Masculinity Lawrence R. Broer 39
2 A Farewell to Arms and Hemingway's Protest Stance: To Tell the Truth Without Screaming William Dow 49
3 Hemingway's Complex Meditation on the Evils of War and the Nobility of Soldiers Erik Nakjavani 69
4 Small Hips, Not War Norman Friedman 81
5 Death Exists in A Farewell to Arms to Initiate Spiritual and Physical Rebirth Robert E. Gajdusek 86
6 "Going All to Pieces": A Farewell to Arms as Trauma Narrative Trevor Dodman 94
7 The Religion of Death in A Farewell to Arms James F. Light 126
Chapter 3 Contemporary Perspectives on War
1 Dying for Humanity Has Replaced Dying for God, King, or Country in Modern War Michael Howard 134
2 War and Death Are Acceptable in the Context of American, Christian Beliefs Kelly Denton-Borhaug 146
3 War Desensitizes Soldiers to Death and Corrupts Their Morals Patrick McCormick 156
4 War Profiteers Still Influence America's Military Spending and Foreign Policy Kimberly Dvorak 160
5 Soldiers Returning from War Face Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Betsy Streisand 170
For Further Discussion 183
For Further Reading 185
Bibliography 186
Index 191
