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War : An Intimate History, 1941-1945 by Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward (2007, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100307262839
ISBN-139780307262837
eBay Product ID (ePID)59037042
Product Key Features
Book TitleWar : an Intimate History, 1941-1945
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
TopicMilitary / World War II, United States / 20th Century, Military / United States
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorKen Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight70.2 Oz
Item Length11.3 in
Item Width9.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2007-003640
Reviews"Ken Burns has done it again. He has given us an intimate, memorable, and provocative portrait of America in World War II-the valor and victory, sacrifice and shame of ordinary Americans, north, south, east, and west. This is a treasure." -Tom Brokaw "Heartrending . . . Unique not only among previous volumes that have accompanied Burns's documentaries but among just about any book on World War II . . . It should be read by everyone in the family, from the high-schoolers to the Baby Boomers." -Newark Star-Ledger From the Trade Paperback edition., "Ken Burns has done it again. He has given us an intimate, memorable, and provocative portrait of America in World War II-the valor and victory, sacrifice and shame of ordinary Americans, north, south, east, and west. This is a treasure." -Tom Brokaw "Heartrending . . . Unique not only among previous volumes that have accompanied Burns's documentaries but among just about any book on World War II . . . It should be read by everyone in the family, from the high-schoolers to the Baby Boomers." -NewarkStar-Ledger From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal940.53/73
SynopsisThe vivid voices that speak from these pages are not those of historians or scholars. They are the voices of ordinary men and women who experienced--and helped to win--the most devastating war in history, in which between 50 and 60 million lives were lost. Focusing on the citizens of four towns-- Luverne, Minnesota; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama;-- The War follows more than forty people from 1941 to 1945. Woven largely from their memories, the compelling, unflinching narrative unfolds month by bloody month, with the outcome always in doubt. All the iconic events are here, from Pearl Harbor to the liberation of the concentration camps--but we also move among prisoners of war and Japanese American internees, defense workers and schoolchildren, and families who struggled simply to stay together while their men were shipped off to Europe, the Pacific, and North Africa. Enriched by maps and hundreds of photographs, including many never published before, this is an intimate, profoundly affecting chronicle of the war that shaped our world., The vivid voices that speak from these pages are not those of historians or scholars. They are the voices of ordinary men and women who experiencedand helped to winthe most devastating war in history, in which between 50 and 60 million lives were lost. Focusing on the citizens of four towns Luverne, Minnesota; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; The War follows more than forty people from 1941 to 1945. Woven largely from their memories, the compelling, unflinching narrative unfolds month by bloody month, with the outcome always in doubt. All the iconic events are here, from Pearl Harbor to the liberation of the concentration campsbut we also move among prisoners of war and Japanese American internees, defense workers and schoolchildren, and families who struggled simply to stay together while their men were shipped off to Europe, the Pacific, and North Africa. Enriched by maps and hundreds of photographs, including many never published before, this is an intimate, profoundly affecting chronicle of the war that shaped our world.
LC Classification NumberD769.W345 2007
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