The Naked and the Dead from c1945 to c2000 The four of them were

The four of them were thick as thieves long before an unfortunate lab accident sent them careening into the afterlife

he spent the entire war in Europe at the cutting edge of the military machine

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nature in its infinite variety and mystery

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The Naked and the Dead from c1945 to c2000 The four of them wereOne of the finest American novels ever written, Norman Mailer's classic account of the Philippines campaign of WW2. Based on Mailer's own experience of military service in the Philippines during World War Two, The Naked and the Dead' is a graphically truthful and shattering portrayal of ordinary men in battle. First published in 1949, as America was still basking in the glories of the Allied victory, it altered forever the popular perception of