The Big War

First US edition

The Big War is the second novel of Anton Myrer, published by Appleton-Century-Crofts in 1957. While Myrer is best known for his 1968 novel Once an Eagle, this was his first commercial and critical success.

The ordinary soldier's perception of battle is described in this book in a manner much like Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers, although in this work Myrer also gives a detailed description of life on "the home front" for both soldiers (during leave) and their families.

Critical reviews

Clifton Fadiman compared The Big War to The Naked and the Dead. Commonweal compared it to War and Peace and The Red Badge of Courage. The Boston Herald described it as a modern Iliad.

Adaptations

This novel became the basis for the 1958 movie In Love and War, starring Robert Wagner Jeffrey Hunter, Bradford Dillman and Hope Lange.

Works by Anton Myrer

Novels	Evil Under the Sun (1951) The Big War (1957) The Violent Shore (1962) The Intruder: A Novel of Boston (1965) Once An Eagle (1968) The Tiger Waits (1973) The Last Convertible (1978) A Green Desire (1981)

Film adaptations	In Love and War (1958)

TV series	Once An Eagle (1976) The Last Convertible (1979)

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