Description
It is the young men born into the false prosperity of the 1920s and brought up in the bitter realities of the Depression of the 1930s that this book is about. The literature they read as youngsters was anti-war and cynical, portraying patriots as suckers, slackers and heroes. None of them wanted to be part of another war. They wanted to be throwing baseballs, not handgrenades; shooting .22s at rabbits, not M-1s at other young men. But when the test came, when freedom had to be fought for or abandoned, they fought (from the Prologue).
Book Details
Format
Audiobook
Language
English
Published
Nov 1, 2012
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Editions
42 editions
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Should be 4 stars. However 1 star less for too much focus on Qmaha beach. The Americans did NOT win the Normandy campaign on their own. Read the James Holland book. It is more balanced
March 19th 2025