Title: Sword of honor : a final version of the novels Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, and Unconditional Surrender /
Authors: Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Great Britain. Military life Fiction.; World War, 1939-1945 Fiction.
Abstract: "This trilogy spanning World War II, based in part on Evelyn Waugh's own experiences as an army officer, is the author's surpassing achievement as a novelist. Its central character is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family, who at first discovers new purpose in the challenge to defend Christian values against Nazi barbarism, but then gradually finds the complexities and cruelties of war overwhelming. Though often somber, Sword of honor is also a brilliant comedy, peopled by the fantastic figures so familiar from Waugh's early satires."--Back cover.