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Summary: It's A Great Book
Review: A lot of reviews make the book's simplicity of style a negative. what a surprise since it doesn't read like textbook and in fact makes history more human, and to me, more significant.
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Summary: Only thing I agree with Brokaw about.
Review: With true stories about simple American heroes, The Greatest Generation is worthy of comparison to the best books about the men and women who fought and won WWII, The Winds of War, The Stephen Ambrose books, and The Triumph & the Glory come to mind, but perhaps the greatest praise for the greatest generation is THAT EVEN TOM BROKAW WAS ABLE TO RECOGNIZE HONOR AND DECENCY WHEN HE SAW IT. There's hope for NBC News yet!
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Summary: Surprised
Review: I read the book and I've read some of the reviews. The book is an easy read. It is not a literary breakthrough, but a good story about a sometimes forgotten generation. The accusations by reader/reviewers of racism, bias, poor research, poor enunciation are surprising. It is too bad we cannot read and enjoy a book for what it is: A tribute to some of those who fought and preserved our freedom. I didn't expect to read a factual history, detailed analysis, of the period and I am surprised that others did. I enjoyed the stories, the point of view and even the parts that I found too wordy and somewhat boring. But, I guess I'm too tolerant.
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Summary: Interesting content, poor writting and editing
Review: The stories of the people depicted in the book are interesting. Ranging from really interesting to somewhat interesting. These were people that made a difference and deserve our respect. However the book is poorly put together. It seems as if I am watching a TV show on paper. A poor end result. Would not recommend.
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Summary: I'm a little ashamed after reading this one...
Review: Story after story, I was amazed at what took place, at what people did with their lives. The Greatest Generation is a perfect title to describe such a group of people.I'm comparatively very young. I'm right in the middle of the so-called generation X. After reading this book, I realized that we owe much, so very, very much to our parents and grandparents. I thought I knew history. I thought I knew what happened. I didn't. I only knew the historical details and facts, not personal stories. Now I know that the details and facts I learned in college don't amount to much at all, and no history lesson is going to ever teach you that. This book will. I'm somewhat ashamed of my own generation, and I'm very honored to know a little more of a prior generation that deserves FAR more credit than we X'ers give them. This is an excellent book. This will force you to reconsider the value of your parents and grandparents, no matter how you think you already value them. I wonder what my generation will be called in 40-50 years. I doubt the word Greatest will be used, and least not in a positive light. When you finish one story, you will either put away the book just to consider in amazement what you've just read, or you'll hasten to read another story, and then another, and then another. All are excellent! Believe me - I'm not a big history fan, but I loved every square inch of this book. I treasure this book. I think everyone will.
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Summary: The Greatest Generation is Not the Greatest Book!
Review: While the subject matter was of great importance, its treatment in quite a number of places was rather shallow. And a horrendous error in the chapter about the Japanese Americans is inexcusable. Whether the author doesn't know that the Nikkei (their spelling) is a stock exchange in Tokyo or his proofreaders didn't know that or whether they just didn't pay attention, or they just didn't care, is what makes it inexcusable. Then when they did try to correct it to Nisei later in the chapter, they still misspelled it. Do they know the term at all! Some readers may be able to accept such errors, but I'm not that tolerant. I'm not of Japanese descent but I consider that carelessness (or lack of knowledge, which is worse) rather insulting. Those incidents were overall detractors from what could have been a great story. (Okay, so the author did make a pile of money off it! That only means that thousands of copies were sold, not that it was a great book.) My copy was a gift.
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Summary: WHAT A FANTASTIC BOOK
Review: I am 33 yrs old and I agree that this was the greatest generation. I think that the stories told in this book are very important. The sacrifice made was a great and unselfish one. Thank You for a great book Mr.Brokaw.
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Summary: A Very Good Book
Review: This wasn't the best book to read about the experiences of men and women during WWII, but it was very good. If you want to read a better book about the experiences, I recommend "The Good War" by Studs Terkel. Mr. Brokaw did a nice job of organizing, etc. but you were always left with a empty feeling inside. He didn't go into any deatails, and that kind of ruined it. But overall, this is a good book, and it's hard to put down.
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Summary: The Greatest Generation
Review: Although the subject matter is excellent, as are the stories, the editing is very poor. Editing in such a way as the tape ends in the middle of a story is uncalled for in this day and age. Brokaw needs to understand words beginning with an x are sounded as if starting with a z. Thus, Xavier University is pronounced as "Zavier" and not "Exavier." For a professional, this is simply unacceptable.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: This book was excellent. It is very important to get several points of view on a certain topic. I always enjoy studying this topic. What can be more gratifying than hearing the stories of those who were there? And by the way, danno, if you're gonna' say "God" CAPITALIZE IT!
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