Title: A wildly uneven and entertaining book ...
Review: I have no sense of what the organizing concept of this book is. A chapter on soldier's personal reading lists lies beside a piece on the dangers of injury from the dismemberment of nearby soldiers. Bits on the cynical use of the war in advertising are juxtaposed with the inaccuracy of strategic bombing.All that said, this book delves into pieces of WWII history that are near forgotten and gives a vivid sense of what it might have been like. Some reviewers have said that the book is cynical and negative. I wasn't there, but it rings true to me and seems parallel what my father told me.If you want more on the 2nd Brigade overran 3rd Hitler Youth Jugend outside Walla Walla, stay away. If you want a more personal sense of what we were thinking, pick it up.
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