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Title: The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw ISBN: 0-375-50202-5 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 30 November, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.34 (418 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A High Standard Well Met
Comment: When their country and the world was threatened by totalitarian forces, this generation set aside the routines of their daily lives and went to war. Some flew airplanes over hostile territory, some fought on dangerous seas, some landed on foreign soil against well defended enemy entrenchments, and some devoted their skills and energy doing at home what was necessary for victory abroad, but all sacrificed for a cause in which they believed. This is their story. Much like Studs Terkel's "The Great War: An Oral History of World War II," Tom Brokaw sets the stage and then steps aside to let the people who lived through these perilous times remember and relate.
This is a book which, like a fine gourmet meal, needs to be savored in measured helpings. The stories of these men and women need to be read a few at a time then set aside for time to contemplate how intimate and compelling each is. While many are similar, each provides its own unique feeling and impression. To me, all these folks were true heroes in every sense of the word.
A few words come to mind as I think back over the totality of the book. These are honor, courage, commitment, duty, self-sacrifice, and patriotism. I think you will like this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Honoring those who deserve it...
Comment: Tom Brokaw is not a professional writer, which is sometimes obvious in his book, but in "The Greatest Generation" he serves his main purpose in the undertaking. Browkaw honors everybody in the WWII generation, from soldiers who fought on the front lines to wives that were left behind to keep things smooth on the homefront, and shows the respect that they earned through the sacrifices they made throughout the 1940s.
This book clearly depicts the events that many of the survivors of this generation lived through and details the types of things they were forced to give up for the good of the country. It showed me how lucky we were to have a generation of people that were willing to band together as they did and that without them, our country would not be as it is today. The now 70 year olds that lived through the second World War have done as much, if not more, than ANYBODY in the nation's history. Thanks to Brokaw, their stories are now known to the public and will no live on forever.
I recommend this book to all Americans. It lets you know what the nation has gone through and what that generation tolerated. Reading the short stories in the book makes me feel proud to be an American and thankful for those that I read of.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Greatest Generation
Comment: The Greatest Generation is a beautiful tribute to the generation whose lives were most affected by WWII. The stories put together to form this book inspire the reader to live as a hero and fight through the trials of life today in 2004. Every story helps connect the reader with the heroes of that generation. This book inspires people of today to have respect for yesterdays heroes. I would recommend this book to people of all ages. It helps connect each and everyone of us to our past and helps us to respect one another as people, as a country, and as a community. This book highlights the struggles that our grandparents had when they were young and inspires us to overcome the little trials in our everyday lives.
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Title: The Greatest Generation Speaks : Letters and Reflections by TOM BROKAW ISBN: 0375503943 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 30 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation by TOM BROKAW ISBN: 0375505814 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland in the Forties and Fifties by Tom Brokaw ISBN: 0375759352 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: My War by Andrew A. Rooney, Andy Rooney, Tom Brokaw ISBN: 1586481592 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley, Ron Powers ISBN: 0553111337 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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