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The Thin Red Line is James Jones’s fictional account of the battle between American and Japanese troops on the island of Guadalcanal.
The narrative shifts effortlessly among multiple viewpoints within C-for-Charlie Company, from commanding officer Capt. James Stein, his psychotic first sergeant Eddie Welsh, and the young privates they send into battle. The descriptions of combat conditions—and the mental states it induces—are unflinchingly realistic. This is more than a classic of combat fiction; it is one of the most significant explorations of male identity in American literature.
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