by John Dos Passos (Author)

Three young American soldiers are drafted in military and sent to France. But each has a reason to despise the war and to desert his post. What transpires next is a story of frustration, survival, betrayal and tragedy. The novel was inspired by author's own experiences during World War I. Passoswas an ambulance driver for American volunteer groups in Paris and Italy, before joining the U.S. Army Medical Corps.