James Jones
James Jones wrote the definitive novels of American soldiers in World War II, drawing on his own experience at Pearl Harbor and in the Pacific. From Here to Eternity is one of the great American war novels.
Works
- From Here to EternityEpic novel of military life and romance at Pearl Harbor before and after the attack
- The Thin Red LineNovel depicting the horrors of combat during a Pacific island campaign in World War II
- Some Came RunningNovel following smalltown Midwesterners' intersecting lives during post-war economic turmoil
- A Touch of DangerNoir thriller set in the Mediterranean during a dangerous political intrigue
- WhistleNovel of wounded soldiers recovering in a military hospital after World War II
- The PistolShort novel of a soldier's moral crisis and escape during the Korean War