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Book Review of The Red Badge of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage
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Written of the Civil War, this is a powerful psychological study of a young soldier's struggle with the horrors, both within and without, that war unleashes, striking the reader with its undeniable realism and with its masterful description of the moment-by-moment riot of emotions felt by men under fire.