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Title: Behind the Lines by W. E. B. Griffin, Dick Hill, J. C. Howe ISBN: 1-59086-457-3 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Pub. Date: August, 2002 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 3 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (34 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Grieved when I finished it!
Comment: Marine veteran, 1st Marine Division. WEB Griffin has the best understanding of any author of how the military in general, and Marines in particular, operate. This was a super story, and does a great job of depicting how some REAL JERKS (Lt/Capt Macklin) get into positions of authority; and how some incredibly good enlisted guys, mustangs and regulars (Stecker, McCoy, Pick, Banning, Lt (USN) Lewis) make it work.
I have book # 8 (In Danger's Path) on order, but was distressed to see how many negative comments there are about it. That's why I came back to read the readers' views of Book 7. I'm glad that we share enthusiasm for book # 7, and hope that # 8 isn't really as bad as the consensus seems to be. A friend has loaned me a copy of the "un-numbered" book of The Corps series (Under Fire), and I am almost dreading reading it, due to comments about poor proofreading, confusing changes in the histories of the characters, etc.
I have also read the whole Brotherhood of War series, and thought it to be the definitive work of its kind on the Army.
Griffin has been so great for so long; I really hope he isn't going downhill...
God bless, JLG, Cpl USMC, 1953 - 56
Rating: 5
Summary: The most entertaining novel I have ever read
Comment: This book got me back into reading books after a being severely burned out post college (it took four years to pick-up a book and actually read it and it would have been longer had I not listened to this book on tape.)
I can't say enough about "Behind the Lines." After listening to this book I read straight through the series and could not put one of them down while I was reading. In fact, like one of the other posters stated, finishing them nearly brought me to tears. I will morn when "The Corps" series ends.
If you are a military history buff and like action-adventure novels, then this would also be the most entertaining novel you have ever read. I promise.
Thank you for the experience W.E.B.
Rating: 1
Summary: A Waste of Time
Comment: I picked up these books hoping to gain some insight into the actions of the Marine Corps in the Pacific during World War II. What I found instead was a sort of soap opera that rambles on for hundreds of pages without getting around to much actual fighting. For example, The Marines don't even get to Guadalcanal (their first major offensive) until the end of book III, some 1200 pages into the story. Those 1200 intervening pages are mostly conversations (ad nauseam) between stateside Marine Corps officers as they sit around headquarters, or go out on the town chasing skirts.
The small portion of the books that is devoted to actual battles is done in such a cursory fashion that you're left with the impression that the author either finds this aspect of the Marines' mission distasteful, or doesn't understand it well enough to write about it. Mr. Griffin could have deleted about 80% of his material, and would have ended up with better books, albeit still not good ones.
If you're the sort of person who likes to watch daytime soap operas, then you may enjoy these books. If, on the other hand, you're interested in military history, the banality of these books will leave you screaming in frustration.
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Title: Line of Fire by W. E. B. Griffin ISBN: 0515110132 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Battleground: The Corps by W. E. B. Griffin ISBN: 0515106402 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: September, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Counterattack (The Corps Book 3) by W. E. B. Griffin ISBN: 0515104175 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: September, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Call to Arms by W. E. B. Griffin ISBN: 0515093491 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Under Fire by W. E. B. Griffin ISBN: 0515134376 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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