18. Beyond the Battlefield: Alternative Views of War

This series features books about five different American wars. Rather than the physical landscape of armed conflict, readers examine the battlefield of the heart, the individual’s struggle through the emotional consequences of witnessing the ravages of war.

• March, by Geraldine Brooks         
• All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Remarque
• The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink
• The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea, by Jim Brady
• The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien