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Summary: This book gave me insight on what my parents went through.
Review: As Tom Brokaw said many times, the veterans didn't think they had done anything special & the people on the homefront did what they had to do also. As a baby boomer I have first hand experience of this, but really didn't understand it until reading this book. I hope all baby boomers will read this & come to understand their parents better. A fine effort by Mr. Brokaw.
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Summary: New Respect For Our Elders
Review: A great book, one that is truly needed to make us aware of our heritage
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Summary: Its about time someone wrote this book
Review: I have only skimmed the book thus far, but just wanted to respond to the critic who feels he has discovered the truth about Brokaw. The truth being that he wrote the book to cater to the generation most likely to "by" it. Learn to spell before you criticize someone else's writing. I guess members of the over priviledged generation are at a loss when their spell checkers are not there to help them. As for the critic who feels the generation born in the 1920's created more problems than they solved, I'd like to point out the fact that hindsight is 20/20 and that actions involve reactions that can rarely be predicted. But I guess you could have mobilized for global warfare without burning fossil fuels. And you could have protected a nation and its people from an aggressive enemy without entering into a cold war or Vietnam. You also could have helped those in need face the rising costs of medical care with funds that don't come from taxpayer's pockets. The men and women of that generation gave their lives to protect the basic freedoms which you take for granted. In short, you now have the priviledge to debate these topics because of them, so show some respect.
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Summary: the greatest consumers
Review: Should we be surprised that the generation Mr. Brokaw chose to characterize as the "greatest" happens to be the demographic most likely to by a book written by Mr. Brokaw?
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Summary: Interesting - a quick-read, well written, inspiring!
Review: After reading many of the book reviews in this listing, I feel compelled to bring my words of appreciation to Mr Brokaw. Currently serving in the US Air Force, with over 22 years' in service, I can understand the author's need to give thanks to those who offered their lives so willingly for our great country. This is a good book - and a great read for today's boomers and generation Xs. It was not meant to be a detailed text of the war itself - for that, readers should look toward established historical tomes. I salute the "greatest generation" and only hope we can prove ourselves worthy of their many sacrifices. Thanks, sir - and I hope you're considering something along the lines of a millenium review!
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Summary: Good concept. Slow reading.
Review: I found the idea of the book very interesting. Some of the chapters were very well written. For the most part however, it put me to sleep quite often. It wasn't the book I thought it would be. I loaned the book to my father who was in World War 2 in the South Pacific. I'm anxiously awaiting his review of the book.
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Summary: Not the "greatest" in my book.
Review: Sure, this generation won a war, but what was the alternative? In my opinion, all this generation did was run up the world's greatest debt...then leave it to their kids to pay the tab. When they didn't have a war to send their children to, they created one in Vietnam. After killing over 50,000 of us, they decided maybe it wasn't such a good idea afterall. When they decided they didn't want to pay for their own medical bills, they created Medicare. And guess who pays? They underfunded their retirement. And guess who pays? They built a highway system. And guess who pays? They poluted the environment like never before. Guess who pays to clean it up the mess. I do agree with Brokaw on one point, this is one generation that was the greatest at one thing...avoiding responsibility.
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Summary: The most overrated and undereditied book I've ever read.
Review: Redunencies throughout, scant attention to fact, e.g., no mention that WAAC (Women's Auxilliary Army Corps) preceded WAC; no mention of Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby, the first commander. And was the woman mentioned Wonda or Wanda? I left my copy elsewhere, hence I can't pinpoint chapter.
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Summary: A good read about a great generation, but the greatest?
Review: Tom Brokaw may have a point, but I pause before completely agreeing with him on the premise of the title. It's hard for me to separate the subject generation from the ones that fought the Civil War or the First World War. I personally think that this country's greatest generation may have been the one that produced our remarkable Declaration of Independence and our Constitution, and then ensured that the government they formed would allow for the potential growth of each succeeding generation. As a member of the Baby Boomers, I'm not certain that my generation, as a whole, appreciates the gift each preceding generation has passed to us. Thus, the importance of such a book by Brokaw, or related works such as Ambrose's, Ryan's and Terkel's histories of WWII events. Such writings allow us each to reflect whether the leaders we are forced to choose today as a matter of economics really have the vision and character to bring this country forward, in the manner that the preceding generations envisioned. This is where the greatness of a generation comes from, the leaders during its formulative years and the leaders it in turn produces. As I said, this book is a good read.....but try Bruce Catton's Army of the Potomac trilogy (Mr. Lincoln's Army, Glory Road and A Stillness at Appomattox) and see if the resemblance to the Civil War veteran doesn't argue for a smilar "greatest generation".
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Summary: A Must Read by All Generations
Review: This is a must read by all generations. It does get a little repetative with some of the stories but that is ok since each has its own nuiance. If all generations would read this and then see Saving Private Ryan it would help all to understand what WWII was all about. I suspect, however, that our slick Willie wouldn't understand or even comprehend what it was all about!!
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