Introduction
"Read the Badge"
Red Badge in the Trenches
The Rise of Literary History
The Red Badge of Courage and World War II
Academia after the War
The Vietnam Era
Trauma, Disability and the War on Terror
Works Cited

KEVIN J. HAYES is emeritus Professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma. He is the author of many books including George Washington: A Life in Books (2017) for which he won the $50,000 George Washington Prize, and At War with The Red Badge of Courage: A Critical and Cultural History (Camden House, 2020).