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Abroad: British Literary Traveling Between The Wars
by Fussell, Paul
Synopsis: A book about the meaning of travel, about how important the topic has been for writers for two and a half centuries, and about how excellent the literature of travel happened to be in England and America in the 1920s and 30s.
Copyright Date: 1980
Bad Or, The Dumbing Of America
by Fussell, Paul
Synopsis: A curmudgeonly look at American culture in the 80s/90s, intent on demonstrating how monstrously bad much of it was.
Copyright Date: 1991
The Boy Scout Handbook And Other Observations
by Fussell, Paul
Synopsis: A collection of literary, cultural, social, ethical, and political commentary by the noted critic explores a wide range of diverse topics, events, activities, objects, and beliefs.
Copyright Date: 1982
The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry In Northwestern Europe, 1944--1945
by Fussell, Paul
Synopsis: "The Boys' Crusade" is the great historian Paul Fussell's unflinching and unforgettable account of the American infantryman's experiences in Europe during World War II.
Copyright Date: 2003
Class
by Fussell, Paul
Synopsis: Fussell is quick to point out that class in America is not decided exclusively upon finances; it is also a matter of taste, what one does with one's recreational time, what one reads, what colleges (if any) one has attended and how well one speaks.
Copyright Date: 1983
Doing Battle: The Making Of A Skeptic
by Fussell, Paul
Synopsis: Fussell writes about an idyllic boyhood shattered by World War II -- and the way the war experience changed his perspective on everything that came before and after.
Copyright Date: 1996
The Great War And Modern Memory
by Fussell, Paul
Synopsis: World War I changed a generation, ushered in the modern era, and revolutionized how we see the world. By drawing from a variety of primary sources including personal correspondence, newspapers, and literary works Fussell brings the period alive.
Copyright Date: 1975
The Norton Book Of Modern War
by Fussell, Paul
Synopsis: In dozens of selections that range from classic fiction and poetry to journalistic dispatches, this anthology presents the voices of this century's major conflicts: the First World War, the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War and the wars in Asia.
Copyright Date: 1991
The Norton Book Of Travel
by Fussell, Paul
Synopsis: Editor Paul Fussell has brought together some of the best travel writing of all time from the world's most recognized travelers -- Marco Polo, Darwin and Kerouac to name a few -- and has explored the traveler's psyche from the Age of Discovery to the Age of Mass Tourism.
Copyright Date: 1987
Thank God For The Atom Bomb And Other Essays
by Fussell, Paul
Synopsis: An anthology of essays on such varied topics as Hiroshima and the Indy 500. Fussell also explores the writings of notable author George Orwell.
Copyright Date: 1988
Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wear
by Fussell, Paul
Synopsis: Fussell admits to having a thing for uniforms. He focuses much of the book on the uniforms worn in earlier days, especially WWII, with attention to the proclivities of different nations, including Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Copyright Date: 2002
Wartime: Understanding And Behavior In The Second World War
by Fussell, Paul
Synopsis: In Wartime, Paul Fussell turns to the Second World War, the conflict in which he himself fought, to weave an intensely personal and wide-ranging narrative.
Copyright Date: 1989