Paul Fussell, influential scholar and writer, died Wednesday, May 23, 2012. His book, The Great War and Modern Memory, did much to shape a generation of scholars and bravely asked readers to see war in its true dimensions. Among his many other influential works about war were: Doing Battle - The Making of a Skeptic (1996), a memoir about his service in World War II; Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War (1989) and Thank God for the Atom Bomb and Other Essays (1988).
He was a true intellectual, a courageous scholar.
He was a true intellectual, a courageous scholar.