A review by drkottke
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

5.0

Egads! Is there a more painful and heartfelt anti-war novel out there? Although set after WWI, Joe Bonham's story is as relevant today as at any point in American history - if not more so, given the state of modern medicine that allows many more soldiers who would have perished from their injuries in prior eras to survive (see the Joe Bonham Project for proof of the novel's continuing relevance at http://joebonhamproject.blogspot.com/). The edition I read had a forward by Cindy Sheehan and an introduction by Ron Kovic, both of which were startling complements to this powerful novel (as, of course, is Metallica's "One").