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The Good War: An Oral History of World War II
The Good War An Oral History of World War II
Author: Studs Terkel
ISBN-13: 9781565843431
ISBN-10: 1565843436
Publication Date: 1/1997
Pages: 608
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  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: New Press
Book Type: Paperback
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A fascinating book! Studs Terkel interviews people and publishes their stories in their own words. The word that best describes his work is "authenticity." In this book, he helps a number of WWII veterans tell their own stories in their own words. Their memories and their language are very much those of a very different time, and they brought back memories of the men of that generation whom I once knew. Those men are mostly gone now, but they live on in books like this one.