Catch-22: 50th Anniversary Edition

Set in the closing months of World War 2, this is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. His real problem is not the enemy it is his own army which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their sevice. If Yossarian makes any attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions then he is caught in Catch 22: if he flies he is crazy, and doesn't have to; but if he doesn't want to he must be sane, and has to That's some catch...