The Last Enemy
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Richard Hillary's The Last Enemy is one of the most searching literary memoirs to emerge from the Second World War, recounting his passage from Oxford undergraduate and self-consciously romantic fighter pilot to severely burned survivor of the Battle of Britain. Written with a cool, lucid elegance, the book combines combat narrative, psychological self-examination, and moral inquiry. Its title, dr...
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Richard Hillary's The Last Enemy is one of the most searching literary memoirs to emerge from the Second World War, recounting his passage from Oxford undergraduate and self-consciously romantic fighter pilot to severely burned survivor of the Battle of Britain. Written with a cool, lucid elegance, the book combines combat narrative, psychological self-examination, and moral inquiry. Its title, dr...
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