From Here to Eternity

A tale set in Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941, where Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt, a champion welterweight boxer and skilled bugler, faces punishment for refusing to join the company’s boxing team, potentially jeopardizing his life through “the treatment.” First Sergeant Milton Anthony Warden, a masterful soldier who risks his career for an affair with the commanding officer’s wife, shares a bond with Prewitt: their lives are intertwined with the Army, which is both their heart and blood—and possibly their end.

In this monumental work from James Jones, the raw courage, violence, and unspoken codes of conduct among soldiers during World War II come to life. This classic novel, often cited as one of the most important to emerge from the war, masterfully captures the honor and savagery of men living under unutterable despair.