Over time, military has had a substantial effect on the content of literature. It has affected contemporary literature in the past, such as Shakespeare, as well as modern literature today, such as John Keegan. On the subject of war, United States president John Fitzgerald Kennedy once said, "Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind."1 Although President Kennedy was not involved in military combat, personal military accounts have …showed first 75 words of 1452 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1452 total…G.D., If You Survive (Ballantine Books-Random House, Inc., 1987) p7 3dictated Sledge, E.B.; written Terkel, S., The Good War (Pantheon Books-Random House, 1984) p64 4Shakespeare, W., The Life of King Henry the Fifth (Folio version, 1623) lines 2262-2263 5Shakespeare, W., The Life of King Henry the Fifth (Folio version, 1623) lines 1083-1084 6Frank, A., The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank (Random House, 1952) p256 7Wouk, H., The Winds of War (Little, Brown and Company, ltd., 1971) p210