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War Without Glory - Ambrose Bierce's bitter, venomous stories look unflinchingly at war's hellish brutality and cruel ironies, contradicting traditional views.(Shadows of Blue and Gray: The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce)(Book Review)

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From: World and I
Date: 20020801
Author:WILSON, CLYDE

Clyde Wilson is professor of history at the University of South Carolina and the author or editor of over thirty books in American history and literature.

 Book Info:SHADOWS OF BLUE AND GRAY 
The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce 
Edited by Brian M. Thomsen 
 Publisher:New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2002 
284 pp., $24.95 

There are several reasons why Ambrose Bierce, one of the finest American short story writers of the nineteenth century and one of the best war writers of all time, is not much in favor today--and perhaps even more reasons why he should be.

Though I ...

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