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Book Review of The Winds of War

The Winds of War
The Winds of War
Author: Herman Wouk
Genres: History, Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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"Crammed with climatic episodes of the war... structured along broad, sweeping lines, impelled by historical sequences and charged with real-life figures, and with the whole world as setting, the novel tells the intimate story of an American family-a Navy family-caught up in the vortex of world conflict... World history comes to life at a personal, eyewitness level. It takes on a behind-the-scenes quality. At the same time we become deeply interested in all the doings of the Henry clan." Philadelphia Inquirer