Rating: 
Summary: A very good book
Review: The book(superior to the movie in every detail) tells the story of the trial of one Licolion Scott an African American pilot shot down over Germany and his rather Kangaroo court. Scott is the sole suspect in the murder of a fellow (racist) prisoner. The odds are stacked against him and the situation does not look good. The story is told from the point of view of Tommy a navigator shot down over Libya. Because he spent half a semester in law school he is appointed to serve as Scott's defense lawyer(he is woefully prepared). As you read this book you will discover that the plot will thicken into ways you could not possibly imagine on first picking it up. There is plenty of action to keep you interested throughout the book there is even humor in some places and nice plot twist at the end you will not be expecting. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys World War 2 fiction.
Rating:
Summary: Hart's War Story Told.
Review: The piece of work deserves the five star rating I have given it. John Katzenbach has rally excelled with this story of struggle, might and cruelty of Allied POW camps in Nazi occupied Europe. Racial descrimination is the catalyst for this novel. A young AfroAmerican, Lt Lincoln Scoot, has been set up to take the fall for the murder of a well known but disliked Army seargent, a racist bigot, so as to divert attention away from a plan for a mass escape. An equally young 2nd Lt Tommy Hart (who in civil life studied law at Havard)is sent on a wild goose chase with the help of a Canadian lawyer in the same situation to free the accused. They soon discover that the trail is a complete set up by the highest ranked Allied officer so as to shake off suspicion by their captors, a moderate commandant and a sadistic 2nd in charge. You can take a short cut and watch the movie or read the more fuller version with all the bits the movie left out.
Rating: 
Summary: Far fetched
Review: There are almost too many clichés in this book to make it believable, but it seems that the author received most of his material from his father who was a WWII veteran. I would like to know how much of the Hart's War is true form a WWII prisoner point of view. The bumbling Germans remind me at times of Hogan's Heroes, hiding radios in coffee cans and repeatedly shouting, "There has never been an escape from Luftwaffe 13". However, it is very interesting to learn of the day to day lives of WWII prisoners in a German camp, so the book is not a complete waste.
Rating:
Summary: Far fetched
Review: There are almost too many clichés in this book to make it believable, but it seems that the author received most of his material from his father who was a WWII veteran. I would like to know how much of the Hart's War is true form a WWII prisoner point of view. The bumbling Germans remind me at times of Hogan's Heroes, hiding radios in coffee cans and repeatedly shouting, "There has never been an escape from Luftwaffe 13". However, it is very interesting to learn of the day to day lives of WWII prisoners in a German camp, so the book is not a complete waste.
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