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Summary: A stunning sequel to Winds of War.....
Review: Winds of War was magnificent and War and Remembrance is equally so. These two books represent the absolute epitome of what hefty, epic, and sweeping historical fiction can be. Global in scope, flawless in chronology, Wouk has woven the events of a fictional naval family within the triumphs and tragedies of world war in a manner engrossing and suspenseful - indeed, unforgettably so.It's all here. Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Yamamoto, Mussolini, Moscow, Stalingrad, London, Berlin, Warsaw, Auschwitz, Teheran, Singapore, Pearl Harbor, and more. Winds of War and War and Remembrance are towering literary achievements and two of the best historically-based novels I have ever read. I loved them. 5+ stars.
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Summary: A Whirlwind Historical Tour
Review: Wouk's sequel to "The Winds of War" is an enveloping epic that enchants throughout its pages. It chronicles the Henry family's continuing saga during World War Two. Wouk offers a unique glimpse into the national mindsets of the enemy German and Japanese who seek world domination as their entitled destiny! Most touching is the author's haunting description of the living and dying conditions in the Auschwitz and Thereinstadt concentration camps. Wouk lays bare man's inhumanity to man and puts personal faces on individual Jewish people who suffered at the hands of the Nazi regime. "War and Remembrance" presents hsitory in a way no high school or college course ever could. This work speaks to both the courage and cowardice of mankind. It also forces reflection of the sacrifices made by our veterans who stood in harm's way during World War Two. Don't miss this one!
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Summary: Outstanding Story and History
Review: Wouk's War and Remembrance (and its predecessor Winds of War) have to me become the standard by which to judge historical fiction. Amid what amounts to an elaborate soap opera of sorts, Wouk weaves true and accurate facts in such a masterful way that I could place myself in the center of the malestrom that was WWII. Without pounding details over your head, these two books are informative history as well as powerful fiction. I highly recommend these two books to anyone interested in WWII. Picking up immediately where Winds of War ends, this tale takes the reader from Pearl Harbor to the end of the war (not an easy task!) As could be expected, this is a far grimmer tale that WoW. I particularly found the details of the death camps to be the strongest and most moving parts of the book. When the books ended I felt as if I had been privy to something special; the story of a generation who fought and sacrificed everything to defeat tyranny.
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