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Book Review of The Greatest Generation

The Greatest Generation
The Greatest Generation
Author: Tom Brokaw
Genres: History, Nonfiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 1


Incredibly disappointing. The whole book is a collection of 2-3 page life stories: how do you sum up one's life in 2-3 pages? A very small portion of each story is dedicated to the individuals' war careers/accomplishments and the rest runs on like an obituary or an âabout meâ portion of an introduction speech. I never got a full picture of who the individual was and HOW he/she shaped America. Fewer featured people and more time spent on each one is needed⦠I couldn't even read the entire book, it was so boring.