The Big War
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"One must go back to All Quiet on the Western Front to find another novel as charged as this one " -- Philadelphia Inquirer NATIONAL BESTSELLER They were our husbands, our fathers, our lovers, our sons. They were Americans and Marines. And this is their story: The Big War , Anton Myrer's panoramic novel of Marines in the Pacific in World War II. This is the story of Alan Newcombe, the Boston society Harvard man; Danny Kantaylis, the natural-born leader; Jay O'Neill, the barroom scrapper. Myrer does not glorify war; he does not flinch from describing what the actual experience of warfare was like for a desperate group of Marines trapped in some of the worst fighting conditions of the war. We learn about their lives at home and their fates on the battlefield.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0060934735
ISBN13:9780060934736
Release Date:December 2001
Publisher:Harper Perennial
Length:512 Pages
Weight:0.94 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
An amazing novel of war and it's horrors
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
In "the Big War" Anton Myrer has brought the truth about war into plain sight. This book should be required reading for those non-vets who are placed into positions from which they can send young people into the horrors of places like the Pacific islands in WWII and Iraq in our own time. War is criminal, and to think that our youngsters are being killed and maimed as we sit on our self-satisfied butts and watch tv is appalling. Myrer has written a clear-eyed view of what war really is, and deserves much more credit than he has received thus far.
Retired high schoolecher.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is the first WWII book I've read that really puts you in the jungle warefare of the Pacific. Excellent read!!!
The Big War
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Like all Myrer's books, an excellent literary adventure. But, be sure to have a dictionary near by, as nearly every page a new, unfamiliar word pops up! If you like war stories and interesting characters, as well as good writing, you'll like this book.
Absolutely perfect, real, sad and true.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Myrer's "Big War" is a true-color picture of the cruelty and sorrow which can be brought only by war. Perfectly written, very impressive and worth reading.
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