James Jones's From Here to Eternity (1951; see separate entry) may be similar to Griffin's work in its attention to the detail beyond the battles; as do Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny (1951; see separate entry) and Richard McKenna's The Sand Pebbles (1962). C. S. Forester's military novels (among them The Gun, 1933; The General, 1936; The Good Shepherd, 1955; and the Horatio Hornblower novels, 1945-1952), also provide copious background detail (usually on British politics, the nobility, and means of advancement) to provide their own unique flavor, but have considerably more battle scenes, as do Patrick.....
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