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Title: An odd mix
Review: This book's strengths have been well stated. It is a good read, and it conveys a feeling for combat in the Pacific that comes directly from Manchester's experience.Or does it? As only one reviewer has already noted, Manchester finally explains as an afterthought, where few will notice it, that most of what he writes about so vividly never really happened to him. He confesses that the narrative "we" that he's employed throughout usually means (I'm paraphrasing) "other Marines not including me" !This deception (or, if you prefer, "poetic licence") makes "Goodbye Darkness" a most peculiar combination of memoir, history, and, perhaps, an unknown amount of realistic fiction. What gives here? And the subtitle is "A Memoir." That's quite a stretch.I feel cheated.
