Why does Fussell believe that war is ironic?

What was the significance of the sunrise and sunsets in the literature of war?

What is the special significance of the number three? How did the number derive a special meaning?

In what ways is the military theatrical? What are the analogies that Fussell draws?

In what way is the pastoral used in the war literature? What are some of the elements of the pastoral and how are they used?

What associations are there between sexuality and war?

How do memoirs differ from fiction?