Paul Fussell, Author . Houghton Mifflin $22 (224p) ISBN 978-0-618-06746-6
Right from the start of this examination of the personal and cultural meanings of the wearing of uniforms, celebrated author Fussell (Class; The Great War and Modern Memory) creates a light, humorous tone by disclosing his almost fetishistic...
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Paul Fussell, Author . Modern Library $19.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-679-64088-2
This short study of the U. S. Army's most burdened branch in the final campaign against Germany does not represent its National Book Award–winning author at his highest level. It focuses on the 17-, 18-, and 19-year-olds who were the...
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Paul Fussell, Author Summit Books $18.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-67652-0
This book is a lethal weapon. With deadly wit and a nose for fakery, Fussell ( Class ) takes aim at things promoted as highly desirable that are, in fact, phony, vacant, stupid, boring or subadult. He defines such trumpery as ``bad,'' and finds...
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Paul Fussell, Author Touchstone Books $11 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-79228-2
With deadly wit and a nose for fakery, Fussell takes aim at the bad, things promoted as highly desirable that are in fact trivial; his targets are arrayed in A-to-Z format, each dispensed with a single mini-essay. (Oct.)
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Paul Fussell, Author Summit Books $17.45 (298p) ISBN 978-0-671-63866-5
A conservative cultural critic with a passion for nude beaches and the Indy 500 auto race, Fussell (The Great War and Modern Memory) explores some of his pet topics in this miscellany of essays and articles. The title piece, a defense of Truman's...
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Paul Fussell, Author Oxford University Press, USA $25 (224p) ISBN 978-0-19-508736-9
The witty prose of National Book Award winner Fussell ( The Great War and Modern Memory ) serves him well in this apologia for the equally incisive Amis. Focusing more on Amis's essays, poetry, book reviews and even restaurant reviews than on his...
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Paul Fussell, Author Little Brown and Company $24.45 (0p) ISBN 978-0-316-29717-2
War as a crucible of character: that is the theme of this searching, courageous memoir from Fussell, a National Book Award winner for The Great War and Modern Memory. Fussell, who grew up in the ""highly privileged suburb"" of Pasadena, Calif., was...
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Paul Fussell, Author, Fussell, Author Oxford University Press, USA $50 (350p) ISBN 978-0-19-503797-5
Most of the men who fought World War II were young--with those over 27 or 28 likely to be called ``Dad.'' For most of the troops, the war's purpose seemed remote and vague, according to Fussell. He contends that many Americans had little...
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