Background on John Knowles - The life of John Knowles / Robert M. Nelson and Hallman Bell Bryant - Knowles credits Phillips Exeter Academy for his success / John Knowles - A separate peace contains many autobiographical aspects / John Knowles - Knowles is frequently compared with J.D. Salinger / Elaine Woo - A separate peace and war - A separate peace is a pacifist novel / Simon Raven - Knowles explores the roots of war in A separate peace / Hallman Bell Bryant - A separate peace addresses the moral effect of World War II on American society / James L. McDonald - Devon school is a microcosm of a world at war / Wiley Lee Umphlett - The growth from innocence into adulthood in A separate peace / James Ellis - A separate peace addresses coming of age during wartime / Thomas Reed Whissen - A separate peace shows that the condition of life is war / Peter Wolfe - The duality of war and peace is central to A separate peace / James M. Mellard - War influences the peer relationships in A separate peace / Hanoch Flum and Harriet Porton - A separate peace depicts male bonding / Eric L. Tribunella - Contemporary perspectives on war - The War on Terror is causing bullying of Sikh teens / Julianne Ong Hing - The teenagers of Afghanistan attend school amid the hardships of war / James Palmer - Young Iraquis value security and jobs over democracy / Jane Arraf - The 9/11 attacks robbed students of their innocence / Deborah Straw - Despite the reality of war, sports bring joy / Steve McKee.