Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of writer, Ernest Hemingway.

Chapter 1: Background on Ernest Heminway -- Ernest hemingway's Life and Works / Ira Elliott -- The Inception and Reception of A Farewell to Arms / Robert W. Lewis -- Chapter 2: War in A Farewell to Arms -- A Farewell to Arms Glorifies War, Violence, and Masculinity / Lawrence R. Broer -- A Farewell to Arms and hemingway's Protest Stance: To Tell the Truth Without Screaming / William Dow -- Hemingway's Complex Meditation on the Evils of War and the Nobility of Soldiers / Erik Nakjavani -- Small Hips, Not War / Norman Friedman -- Death Exists in A Farewell to Arms to Initiate Spiritual and Physical Rebirth / Robert E. Gajdusek -- "Going All to Pieces": A Farewell to Arms as Trauman Narrative / Trevor Dodman -- The Religion to Death in A Farewell to Arms / James F. Light -- Chapter 3: Contemporary Perspectives on War -- Dying for Humanity Has Replaced Dying for God, King, or Country in Modern War / Michael Howard -- War and Death Are Acceptable in the Context of American, Christian Beliefs / Kelly Denton-Borhaug -- War Desensitizes Soldiers to Death and Corrupts Their Morals / Patrick McCormick -- War Profitiers Still Influence America's Military Spending and Foreign Policy / Kimberly Dvorak -- Soliders Returning from War Face Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / Betsy Streisand.