The Military Philosophers

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The Military Philosophers is a novel by British author Anthony Powell, part of his multi-volume sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time," depicting wartime experiences and social change during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Anthony Powell NERFINISHED
countryOfFirstPublication United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depictsEvent Second World War NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse A Dance to the Music of Time universe NERFINISHED
followedBy Books Do Furnish a Room NERFINISHED
follows The Soldier’s Art NERFINISHED
genre literary fiction
war novel
hasCharacter Charles Stringham NERFINISHED
General Liddament NERFINISHED
Kenneth Widmerpool NERFINISHED
Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED
Odo Stevens NERFINISHED
Pamela Widmerpool NERFINISHED
hasInfluenceOn reputation of Anthony Powell as war novelist
hasLiteraryForm prose
hasMedium book
hasSubject British Army NERFINISHED
War Office NERFINISHED
diplomatic missions
hasTitle The Military Philosophers NERFINISHED
isAbout British military administration in World War II
wartime experiences of Nicholas Jenkins
isFictionalWork true
language English
literaryCycle A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 20th-century British literature
literarySeries A Dance to the Music of Time: Third Movement NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED
movementInSeries Third Movement NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective first-person
narrator Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED
originalTitle The Military Philosophers NERFINISHED
partOfSeries A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED
publicationType print
publisher Heinemann NERFINISHED
seriesNumber 9
settingPeriod 1940s
World War II NERFINISHED
theme British officer class
military life
personal relationships in war
social change
wartime bureaucracy

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Anthony Powell notableWork The Military Philosophers
A Dance to the Music of Time hasPart The Military Philosophers