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The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw (2004, Hardcover / Hardcover)
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- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller Notes
- “Pre owned, see pictures”
- ISBN
- 9780812965216
- EAN
- 9780812965216
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Greatest Generation
- Item Height
- 3.9in
- Item Length
- 10.8in
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Modern / 20th Century, Military / Vietnam War, Social History
- Item Width
- 8.4in
- Item Weight
- 93.9 Oz
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In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the fortieth anniversary of D-Day, the massive and daring Allied invasion of Europe that marked the beginning of the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. There, I underwent a life-changing experience. As I walked the beaches with the American veterans who had returned for this anniversary, men in their sixties and seventies, and listened to their stories, I was deeply moved and profoundly grateful for all they had done. Ten years later, I returned to Normandy for the fiftieth anniversary of the invasion, and by then I had come to understand what this generation of Americans meant to history. It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced. In this superb book, Tom Brokaw goes out into America, to tell through the stories of individual men and women the story of a generation, America's citizen heroes and heroines who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America. This generation was united not only by a common purpose, but also by common values--duty, honor, economy, courage, service, love of family and country, and, above all, responsibility for oneself. In this book, you will meet people whose everyday lives reveal how a generation persevered through war, and were trained by it, and then went on to create interesting and useful lives and the America we have today. At a time in their lives when their days and nights should have been filled with innocent adventure, love, and the lessons of the workaday world, they were fighting in the most primitive conditions possible across the bloodied landscape of France, Belgium, Italy, Austria, and the coral islands of the Pacific. They answered the call to save the world from the two most powerful and ruthless military machines ever assembled, instruments of conquest in the hands of fascist maniacs. They faced great odds and a late start, but they did not protest. They succeeded on every front. They won the war; they saved the world. They came home to joyous and short-lived celebrations and immediately began the task of rebuilding their lives and the world they wanted. They married in record numbers and gave birth to another distinctive generation, the Baby Boomers. A grateful nation made it possible for more of them to attend college than any society had ever educated, anywhere. They gave the world new science, literature, art, industry, and economic strength unparalleled in the long curve of history. As they now reach the twilight of their adventurous and productive lives, they remain, for the most part, exceptionally modest. They have so many stories to tell, stories that in many cases they have never told before, because in a deep sense they didn't think that what they were doing was that special, because everyone else was doing it too. This book, I hope, will in some small way pay tribute to those men and women who have given us the lives we have today--an American family portrait album of the greatest generation. In this book you'll meet people like Charles Van Gorder, who set up during D-Day a MASH-like medical facility in the middle of the fighting, and then came home to create a clinic and hospital in his hometown. You'll hear George Bush talk about how, as a Navy Air Corps combat pilot, one of his assignments was to read the mail of the enlisted men under him, to be sure no sensitive military information would be compromised. And so, Bush says, I learned about life. You'll meet Trudy Elion, winner of the Nobel Prize in medicine, one of the many women in this book who found fulfilling careers in the changed society as a result of the war. You'll meet Martha Putney, one of the first black women to serve in the newly formed WACs. And you'll meet the members of the Romeo Club (Retired Old Men Eating Out), friends for life. Through these and other stories in The Greatest Generation, yo
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0812965213
ISBN-13
9780812965216
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30233677
Product Key Features
Book Title
Greatest Generation
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Modern / 20th Century, Military / Vietnam War, Social History
Publication Year
2004
Genre
History
Dimensions
Item Length
10.8in
Item Height
3.9in
Item Width
8.4in
Item Weight
93.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
3 Vols.
Reviews
"A moving scrapbook...a tribute to the members of the World War II generation to whom we Americans and the world owe so much." -- The New York Times Book Review "Full of wonderful, wrenching tales of a generation of heroes. Tom Brokaw reminds us of what we are capable of as a people. An inspiring read for those who wish their spirits lifted." -- General Colin L. Powell (ret.) "Entirely compelling." -- The Wall Street Journal "Written with love and grace ... a book I will keep forever on my shelves." -- Frank McCourt, author of ' Tis "Heartfelt ... A sweeping tribute to Americans who saved the world. It offers welcome inspiration." -- The Washington Times Don't miss the heartwarming New York Times bestseller that gives voice to The Greatest Generation : The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections Coming in July 2001 from Dell From the Trade Paperback edition., "A moving scrapbook...a tribute to the members of the World War II generation to whom we Americans and the world owe so much." --The New York Times Book Review "Full of wonderful, wrenching tales of a generation of heroes. Tom Brokaw reminds us of what we are capable of as a people. An inspiring read for those who wish their spirits lifted." -- General Colin L. Powell (ret.) "Entirely compelling." --The Wall Street Journal "Written with love and grace ... a book I will keep forever on my shelves." -- Frank McCourt, author of 'Tis "Heartfelt ... A sweeping tribute to Americans who saved the world. It offers welcome inspiration." --The Washington Times Don't miss the heartwarming New York Times bestseller that gives voice toThe Greatest Generation: The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections Coming in July 2001 from Dell From the Trade Paperback edition., "A moving scrapbook...a tribute to the members of the World War II generation to whom we Americans and the world owe so much." -- The New York Times Book Review "Full of wonderful, wrenching tales of a generation of heroes. Tom Brokaw reminds us of what we are capable of as a people. An inspiring read for those who wish their spirits lifted." -- General Colin L. Powell (ret.) "Entirely compelling." -- The Wall Street Journal "Written with love and grace ... a book I will keep forever on my shelves." -- Frank McCourt, author of 'Tis "Heartfelt ... A sweeping tribute to Americans who saved the world. It offers welcome inspiration." -- The Washington Times Don't miss the heartwarming New York Times bestseller that gives voice to The Greatest Generation: The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections Coming in July 2001 from Dell
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Dewey Decimal
940.54/8173 B
Dewey Edition
22
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