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The young man, whose name was Robert Jordan, was extremely hungry and he was worried. He was often hungry but he was not usually worried because he did not give any importance to what happened to himself and he knew from experience how simple it was to move behind the enemy lines in all this country. It was as simple to move behind them as it was to cross through them, if you had a good guide. It was only giving importance to what happened to you if you were caught that made it difficult; that and deciding whom to trust. You had to trust the people you worked with completely or not at all, and you had to make decisions about the trusting. He was not worried about any of that. But there were other things.
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--Excerpted from p.12 of the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls
('It was only giving importance to what happened to you if you were caught that made it difficult' -- The first 'it' means 'that made it difficult'. The other 'it', as in 'that made it difficult', means 'to move behind the enemy lines in all this country'. So, the whole sentence is equal to 'What made it difficult was only giving importance to what happened to you if you were caught'.)
Is my analysis above correct or not? Thanks very much for your kind help. I really appreciate it.
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