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    <body><![CDATA[The Longest Day is a splendid work. I've recently read several books on World War II, and they tend to talk about armies, navies, and planes and their movements: all very interesting, but tedious at times.<br/><br/>Mr. Ryan talks about a single day in this war, and from the aspect of the soldiers ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74607066">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<p><em>The Longest Day</em>, by Cornelius Ryan, is a riveting and multidimensional account of one of the most important days in WWII. Ryan presents the accounts in dramatic form that lack proper academic scrutiny. However, he is able to transcend these obvious flaws with in-depth personal accounts that place th...</p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20299000">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As anyone who knows me well is aware, I am fascinated by WWII history.  It was a natural for me to read this book, though why it took as long as it did for me to get around to it, is a wonder to me.  <br/><br/>A classic written in the early years following the end of the war, there were moments of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48448778">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[while i found this fascinating due to my g-father's participating in the invasion (and subsequent abandonment, bullet wedged into his head, etc), just learning about the insane scope of the dday invasion, the courage of the french resistance, and ultimately the forced courage of young boys who reall...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13901088">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The author weaves personal stories of D-Day participants (American, British, German, and French; civilians and military) into a well-researched account of how the military leaders on both sides handled the attack.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this many years ago.  I have a first edition copy my father purchased when it first came out.  Its in my permanent library.  You'll also like &quot;A Bridge Too Far&quot; and &quot;The Last Battle&quot; by Ryan]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic accounting of the events of D-Day.  The movie does not do the book justice.  Anyone even mildly interested in the events of June 6th, 1944 owe themselves this book.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A true classic of World War II history, <em>The Longest Day</em> tells the story of the massive Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Journalist Cornelius Ryan began working on the book in the mid-1950s, while the memories of the D-day participants were still fresh, and he spent three years interviewing D-day survivors in the United States and Europe. When his book was first published in 1959, it was tremendously successful, establishing many of the legends of D-day that endure in the public's mind. Ryan was enormously skillful at weaving small personal stories into the overall narrative, and he would later use the same technique to depict the airborne invasion of Holland in <em>A Bridge Too Far</em>. Not only is <em>The Longest Day</em> a pleasure to read, but subsequent historians, dutifully noting its accuracy, have relied heavily on Ryan's research for their own accounts. In short, the book is a &quot;must read&quot; for anyone interested in the D-day invasion. <em>--Robert McNamara</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A true history classic.  The Longest Day gives a detailed look at the invasion of Normandy, from both the US and German perspectives.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutely phenominal historical literature. (and it makes for an excellent movie as well)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this in high school.  It was probably the first real understanding I had of WWII.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ryan is a master at weaving various stories into a central whole and not making the reader feel like he's jumping from one place to another.]]></body>
    
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