A Long Walk

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Summary: The ultimate anti-war novel?
Review: While reading Claus Hackenberger's "A Long Walk," I thought of my father who fought on the American side of the World War II. When I was young, I would grill him as to what was the war like, what did he do (he was in civil affairs helping return war-ravaged towns and cities return to some normalcy) and what did he see. He would tell me some off-beat GI stories -- but rarely touched on what war was to him and its after effects on him and others. Mr. Hackenberger answered many of the questions my father would not -- or could not answer -- about World War II and war in general. "A Long Walk" is an adventure, an exposure of the soul of a young man and how war brutalizes all. Thank you Mr. Hackenberger for a book that is candid, thoughtful and very much needed in these days when the drums of war are sounding again by those who have never truly been affected by men's actions on the battlefield and beyond. Those people should first read your novel before sending other people's sons and daughters into peril. This work should sit beside the "Red Badge of Courage," "All Quiet on the Western Front" and " Catch-22."

Rating:
Summary: The ultimate anti-war novel?
Review: While reading Claus Hackenberger's "A Long Walk," I thought of my father who fought on the American side of the World War II. When I was young, I would grill him as to what was the war like, what did he do (he was in civil affairs helping return war-ravaged towns and cities return to some normalcy) and what did he see. He would tell me some off-beat GI stories -- but rarely touched on what war was to him and its after effects on him and others. Mr. Hackenberger answered many of the questions my father would not -- or could not answer -- about World War II and war in general. "A Long Walk" is an adventure, an exposure of the soul of a young man and how war brutalizes all. Thank you Mr. Hackenberger for a book that is candid, thoughtful and very much needed in these days when the drums of war are sounding again by those who have never truly been affected by men's actions on the battlefield and beyond. Those people should first read your novel before sending other people's sons and daughters into peril. This work should sit beside the "Red Badge of Courage," "All Quiet on the Western Front" and " Catch-22."