Catch-22: the great antiwar novel whose barbs still strike home, even in times of peace
- Written by Jamie Q. Roberts, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Sydney

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Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 (1961) is a satirical antiwar novel about an American bomber squadron stationed in Italy in the second world war. It exposes the horrors of war, but, even more, it is about the inept and immoral military bureaucracy and the...
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