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Summary: Tripe to make baby boomers feel good about themselves
Review: The book itself isn't bad - as bad as I would have expected from a media talking head. The problem is that the whole premise of the book seems to be a way for baby boomers to redeem themselves by attaching themselves to the people who fought World War II. This from a generation that never gave a thought for its own children, that trashed their parents until - surprise, surprise, they realized they're growing old, too. So now, all that is old is wonderful, when 30 years ago, all that is young was wonderful. So, while the baby boomers make themselves feel good, yet again, it'll be up to the generations after them to clean up their messes. More books like this will start pouring out as baby boomers realize their own mortality and start searching for ways to make themselves look better.
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Summary: Studs Terkel Must Be Amused
Review: Dear Mr. Brokaw: Shame on you! I suppose most people who have put your feeble offering on the best seller list have forgotten (or never read) Studs Terkel's "The Good War." Otherwise, readers would brand you an inept plagiarist for stealing the format Mr. Terkel used in his outstanding oral history. Your book, a shameless effort to capitalize on the wellspring of emotion generated by Hollywood's latest foray into WWII (i.e. Saving Private Ryand, Thin Red Line), doesn't hold a candle to Terkel's Pulitzer Prize winner. Stick to reading the script on the nightly news. Your book reads as though written by an eight-grader. I cannot believe you actually used the word "hardscrabble" twice! Evidence of your talking-head vocabulary no doubt. I laughed aloud when I noticed that the chapter devoted to George Schultz and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. spanned all of two pages! Why bother? Unfortunately, you give vitality to an observation once made by Gore Vidal: "After politics, journalism has always been the preferred career of the ambitious but lazy second-rater."
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Summary: Garbage
Review: Which is worse his ego or his partisan views? This guy has an agenda and it's almost as dumbed down as his representation of the news. One more example of the whole show going in the toilet.
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Summary: They are/were the "greatest generation."
Review: Tom Brokaw's book is a revelation to those of us who came of age from the middle 50's on. The individuals included in the book are well-chosen and representative of a cross-section of America at war. I was privileged to have been married to a man of this generation -- and I thought I understood what he was about: there's some- thing to be done, so you just do it. The book reaffirms my thoughts about him. I am ordering two additional copies -- one for each of his sons, my stepsons. It was only in the two years before his death that they came close to understanding what their father was about. I think reading Tom Brokaw's book will enlarge their understanding.
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Summary: Better Reading: Ambrose
Review: 3 Stars for Brokaw merely stumbles upon a story without understanding or research that shows in some of his facts (in typical NBC fashion). "Citizen Soldier" by S. Ambrose does a much better job of describing actual European Theater Operations (ETO) action. Must not forget the men and women of the Pacific Theater as well. A better book would be "D-Day", also by Ambose, who describes both the incredible story of the invasion at Normandy and the indisputable heroism of that generation. To the 16 year old, take up one of the above mentioned books. You will not want to skip around in these. Awesome. 5 Stars for this generation.
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Summary: What about the Sumerians?
Review: I think it is convenient that Brokaw picked a relatively current generation to be the greatest of all human history (as if such a choice is really possible). What about the Sumerians in living in 3100 BC with their cities and agriculture? What about the Europeans during the Renaissance? Or those who faced the hardships of the plague? Or those who created the civilizations in China and Japan? Not to take away from Brokaw's subjects but calling any one generation the "Greatest" is arbitrary and impossible.
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Summary: Deals with patriotism and values.
Review: This book is very easy and interesting to read. This man from South Dakota really knows how to tell an uplifting story.
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Summary: wonderful recognition of world war two heroes
Review: Mr. Brokaw: Your book on the Greatest Generation was fine and entertaining reading. You should feel great satisfaction that these people finally received the recognition that was due them. On page XXX of the prologue you mentioned that veterans were dying at the rate of 3200 a month. These figures do not add up. If there are appox. six million veterans living then it would take fifty more years or more for them to pass away. I think the V.A. wanted to tell you 32,000 a month. With this figure the actuary rate would be more in line with the remaining people now alive. John Delzenero
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Summary: Reference to sold "Merchant Marine"is not a person's title
Review: Great book but take great exception to story of person leaving the easy high paying merchant service job to become a para trooper--Nothing against paratroopers but Tom apparently did not read the casualty lists on merchant mariners especially during the first couple years of the war Sailing at time was like commiting suicide
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Summary: Great idea- may want to stay more on the subject people
Review: The author may want to stay more on the subject of the people you are talking about to make it easier to understand, especially if the readers are not from that generation, as I am only 16. Great idea though! Each generation who had to fight in a war should be remembered!!! Telling each person's story made it much more interesting! I liked that I could skip around without much of a problem.
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