War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien

War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien, by Janet Brennan Croft, is a book studying the influence of war on J.R.R. Tolkien's life and fictional writings. Tolkien had fought in the Battle of the Somme in the First World War in 1916-17, and experienced the close effects on England of the Second.
==Chapters==
#The Great War and Tolkien's Memory
#World War I Themes in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
#World War II: "The Young Perish and the Old Linger, Withering"
#Military Leaders and Leadership
#"The Dull Backwaters of the Art of Killing": Training, Tactics, Strategy, and Battlefield Communication
#"War Must Be, While We Defend Our Lives": Philosophy, Pathology and Conclusions
==External links==
*Bookshop.org
*Barnes & Noble
*AbeBooks
*Amazon.com
==See also==
*Tolkien and the Great War
*War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme
*Death and Immortality in Middle-earth
*A Companion to J.R.R. Tolkien
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Category:Works concerning World War I