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Here is Your War
by
Ernie Pyle,
Carol Johnson , Orr Kelly (Goodreads Author)
A wonderful and enduring tribute to American troops in the Second World War, Here Is Your War is Ernie Pyle’s story of the soldiers’ first campaign against the enemy in North Africa. With unequaled humanity and insight, Pyle tells how peoplefrom a cross-section of America—ranches, inner cities, small mountain farms, and college towns—learned to fight a war. The Allied camp...more
Paperback, 246 pages
Published
April 1st 2004
by Bison Books
(first published 1943)
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Oct 20, 2008
Joel
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
lovers of history and good writing and to aspiring journalists.
Shelves:
military-history
This is a book form of Pyle's experiences on the ground in the front with the common combat soldier. Through Pyle's writings he has a clear love and admiration for the soldier and it drips from every page and is highly contagious. You find yourself laughing, longing, even loving the soldiers on the pages as well. The sadness does not escape his writing. It punctuates each happy moment with the reality of war and how senseless and tragic it is. Pyle does not get near the recognition he deserves,...more
You'd think that as both a WWII junkie and a newspaper guy I'd have read Ernie Pyle before. I've read a few of the war correspondent's columns in anthologies, but never the bulk of his work until I came across two of the three collections of his famed syndicated columns in book form at an antique store.
So, 70 years after Pyle sent his stories from North Africa back to the 300 newspapers who ran his stuff, I ate up "Here Is Your War."
Pyle's brisk newspaper prose, the short, tight sentences, the r...more
So, 70 years after Pyle sent his stories from North Africa back to the 300 newspapers who ran his stuff, I ate up "Here Is Your War."
Pyle's brisk newspaper prose, the short, tight sentences, the r...more
A wonderful and enduring tribute to American troops in the Second World War, Here Is Your War is Ernie Pyle’s story of the soldiers’ first campaign against the enemy in North Africa. With unequaled humanity and insight, Pyle tells how people from a cross-section of America—ranches, inner cities, small mountain farms, and college towns—learned to fight a war. The Allied campaign and ultimate victory in North Africa was built on blood, brave deeds, sacrifice and needless loss, exotic vistas, endur...more
This book is a compilation of articles Pyle wrote about and during the Allied invasion of Africa in 1942 through the defeat of the Axis armies there in mid-1943. Pyle writes from the front much of the time and his perspective is that of the men and women in the ranks--he refers to only two generals in the course of this book, but repeatedly quotes nurses, enlisted men, NCOs and a smattering of lower-ranking officers. It's an engaging, unusual history of the first U.S. ground campaign of World Wa...more
Pyle is an amazing writer who really has an affinity with his subject. He'll write about generals, but his real link is with the Air Force fighter crews and the infantry. He makes you feel like you are there. You get the whole picture of war - the boredom, the sacrifice, the anger, the cold, the absolute fear and frustration.
During the Allied campaign in North Africa, journalist Ernie Pyle hung out with GIs and generals. His writing is engaging, and his love for the common soldier shines through. This book is a true gem covering stories both hilarious and heartbreaking.
Jun 20, 2009
Sean
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Shelves:
history
A collection of Pyle's newspaper work. very easy read. The collection was laid out in chronological order of events and put emphasize on the individual story telling. It helps fill in some of the cracks in some of the history of WWII.
Nov 25, 2008
Stephen Hartshorne
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Ernie Pyle is my favorite writer. You can find many brilliant columns at the University of Indiana website dedicated to him.
I suppose you could describe Ernie Pyle as one of the original embedded reporters. He was killed on one of the Pacific islands during WWII. This is really a slice of life type of reporting, all about 'our boys'. He doesn't make things seem rosy but keeps it real but not political or straegic. It's mostly the stories of the soldiers themselves and what it is like to be a grunt.
Story of African campaign in WWII from invasion of Algeria and war in Tunisia November, 1942 to Summer, 1943
This book makes a person feel good about the young people defending us in war.
Soldiers in war, personal, and real written by 10 authors
For my review, go here. http://misterfweem.blogspot.com/2012/... Very good book for WWII buffs.
A journalist's candid retelling of soldiering life in North Africa during WWII. It's really a series of loosely-connected vignettes, but Pyle provides a very clear image of the American mindset and the day-to-day facts of warfare.
A collection of articles written by the Pulitzer Prize winning reporter. Interesting to see how reporting has changed in the last 60 years.Recommend to anyone with any interest in World War II or historical writing.
As I love WW2 history this book is a gem. Ernie Pyle expertly captures the feeling of the common soldier. The book I have is an original from 1943. It was givin to me by my girlfriends' grandma as a Christmas gift.
Sometimes very slow, but overall, an interesting look at the day to day life of a soldier in Africa.
Interesting account of Ernie's following the troops in Northern Africa, 1943
'embedded journalists. pfaah!
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Ernest Taylor Pyle was an American journalist who wrote as a roving correspondent for the Scripps Howard newspaper chain from 1935 until his death in combat during World War II. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1944.
His articles, about the out-of-the-way places he visited and the people who lived there, were written in a folksy style, much like a personal letter to a friend. He enjoyed a following in...more
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His articles, about the out-of-the-way places he visited and the people who lived there, were written in a folksy style, much like a personal letter to a friend. He enjoyed a following in...more
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