The winds of war.

by

806 pages

English language

Published Dec. 14, 1971 by Collins.

ISBN:
9780002219419

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5 stars (1 review)

Follows the various members of the Henry family as they become involved in the events preceeding America's involvement in World War II.

Like no other masterpiece of historical fiction, Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II is the great novel of America's Greatest Generation.

Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events, as well as all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of World War II, as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family drawn into the very center of the war's maelstrom.

The Winds of War and its sequel War and Remembrance stand as the crowning achievement of one of America's most celebrated storytellers.

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5 stars

So,
it’s not perfect.
Then again, which book is.
Obviously it’s long, so if you think some book ar too long, this may not be for yu.
There ar also some minor errors, such as the stone bridge from Warsaw to Praha (sic), while IRL all Vistula bridges in Warsaw, going to Praga, being steel bridges. That kind of thing.

All in all, great fictionalized history of the European part of WW2, up to December 1941.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.