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Summary: Interesting stories - dry writing
Review: You would have to be dead to not be touched by the stories in the book, but I found Mr. Brokaw's writing style a bit dry. The writing ended up sucking the life out of the stories.
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Summary: Such an accurate delight!
Review: Talk about reviewing our roots. I'm the same age as Tom and from S.D. so it was a pleasure to revisit my childhood.
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Summary: This book is a must read for history lovers.
Review: I just finished The Greatest Generation and I enjoyed it because of the great humanity that the author displayed as he carefully wrote each story. I also enjoyed the book because of the great respect that I felt the author gave to the men and women in his book. I had feelings of sadness, elation, and pride as I read the book.Finally, I believe that Tom has made a great contribution to the understanding of not just one generation but several generations.
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Summary: Emotional and thought provoking hit !
Review: Brokaw's book will grip you from the beginning and remind you of members of your family who sacrificed through a time unlike any other in history. This generation (age 60's and 70's now) had a remarkable desire to persevere while under unfortunate circumstances yet lived on to build respectable lives where hard-work and integrity abound. Five star book & try to catch the 1 hour MSNBC special featuring some of the book's examples.
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Summary: A Book To Memorialize Every Veterans' Day
Review: An excellent tribute to those whom we owe a debt of gratitude and the many more that are not mentioned due to space constrictions.Read this book and then reread it each Veterans' Day as a reminder of what brave people have done in the past and to appreciate the importance of your own continuing role in our country by maintaining standards of personal integrity. An excellent book by an excellent newsman.
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Summary: If you don't buy this book, there's something wrong with you
Review: David Letterman put it most succinctly - If you don't buy this book, there is something wrong with you. It is a great book and should be read by every American. It inspires us to be more like our parents and grandparents, a generation that didn't always have its hand out for something it was "entitled to". These people gave everything they had for the cause of freedom, and against oppression
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Summary: WWII Korea and Nam Vet says OUTSTANDING
Review: A truly well researched, easily read and going to be a must for my kids and theirs. I did notice reference to a "2000 man battalion" -Not in our army sir. Quintessential must be Brokaw's facorite word. Recommend to every citizen not of this generation.
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Summary: Good idea - poor execution - shallow and simplistic.
Review: I listened to Imus for two weeks, and had to have this book. The I-Man should stick to politics and sports; book reviews are not his strength. I really liked the concept, and couldn't wait to read the book, particularly after having seen recent video interviews of WW II veterans, and Saving Private Ryan. About 25% into it, I had to take a break. There is nothing exciting or revealing here - just the very basic facts, folks - and that doesn't make for five stars. It really is too bad, because the premise was good, that is, telling the stories of the greatest generation. But it's all surface; there's no depth, and, therefore, no interest in the people whose stories are being told. Sorry Tom.
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Summary: An Excellent & Timely Book
Review: Just what we need right now...to remember the people who made this country great, each in their own unselfish way. Written about top notch people by a top notch person himself, Tom Brokaw. Read it, revisit it each Veterans' Day, and share it with younger generations in your family.
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Summary: As the kids in school say today "Boring."
Review: The beginning and ending narrative touched my heart being from the great state of South Dakota and having walked many small cemeteries where veterans flags and tombstones mark the sites of our fallen. Other than that the stories were shallow and uninteresting, lacking depth and insight of the effect of the war on these individuals. Let's face it, post war prosperity brought these veterans the success they enjoy today. I don't think it had much to do with their military experiences. Joe Foss was not revered by South Dakotans to any extent and throwing Al Neuharth in was really clutching at straws. Really it was the parents of these WWII veterans that were the sacrificers, the moralists, the conservers, the workers, the survivors that should get the credit.
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