Not quite. You may have made a typo, but the fact is, that Lewis was too busy getting his ass shot off (literally, he joked about it later in life) as a 'litter' bearer in WWI. (the equivalent of one of our combat medics, or corpsmen if one is a Marine). i don't know if he wrote Screwtape as encouragement for the troops in WWII or not. The book was completed in 1942, being first released as a series of articles in the Guardian.
The work was thought provoking, even if not well read in it's time. Still, i found Lewis' That Hideous Strength the most frightening book i have ever read. Machen's Christianity and Liberalism would be second.
THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH
was a struggle for me--exceedingly uncommonly so--about Jr High, or so, as I recall--and almost threw me for a loop.
Mercifully, God still used it.
PTL.
Sorry, it was WWII. And the info is in the cover pages of my copy. My copy is stored away for now. Winston Churchill asked Lewis to write something to boost moral.
Thank you for the correction. "Mere Christianity" is also a favorite.
Jo