false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322079m/21484.jpg 21484 18 These two classic works capture the tide of world events even as they unfold the compelling tale of a single North American family drawn into the very center of the wars maelstrom. These two multimillion-copy bestsellers capture all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of the Second World War. 1936731 book 1970 The Winds of War total:2001|5:892|4:740|3:312|2:47|1:10| 2001 8460 2526 207 5 2 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 15 18:24:41 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 18:38:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Mar 17 15:25:59 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 15:37:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 28 17:41:36 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 17:49:24 -0800 2008
Herman Wouk does a fantastic...more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 12:28:53 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 15:02:51 -0700 2009
I found my major criticism of the book was I grew to intensely dislike the family. I understand the Henry family being a vehicle with which to tell the story but I would have been interested in having ot...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 13:48:55 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 15:30:50 -0700 2009 1
This novel traces the fictional Henry family, which is heavily involved with the US navy, from mid-1939 to just after Pearl Harbor in 1941. Through their...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 07:09:04 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 07:45:23 -0700 2009
Wouk employed a t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 23:10:12 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 21:52:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1972 Tue May 19 11:37:20 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 13:31:56 -0700 2009 The Winds of War and its sequel War and Remembrance in the 1970s. (Wouk is probably best known for The Caine Mutiny). However, after my dad (who is a real World War II buff...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 02 13:08:39 -0700 2008 Mon May 11 19:49:16 -0700 2009
Wouk's writing doesn't conjure beautiful imagery, his sentences aren't gorgeous and spellbinding, but the man can write plots like no other. There's war, there's l...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 29 09:26:41 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 24 06:58:46 -0700 2008 liked<i/>--this book. It was like reading Tom Clancy's Debt of Honor, except written by a female who knows I don't care about the flywheels and number of rivets on a U-boat 57XI8. And instead of a birdseye view of a possible future war, it's a sweeping view of W...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 24 16:13:28 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 16:26:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 19:45:30 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 19:48:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Thu Aug 20 20:25:35 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 20:29:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu May 22 14:12:38 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 14:12:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sun Aug 09 17:25:37 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 17:25:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 03 07:39:13 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 15:11:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 20:31:05 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 20:34:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 12:22:16 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 18:08:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 27 11:45:28 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 12:19:17 -0700 2009 Incredible piece of work although will wait awhi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 20 11:29:30 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 11:35:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=21484