Winds of War War and Remembrance

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1. AlbertCoryOct 2023
   Herman Wouk's The Winds of War / War and Remembrance books, published long ago, are a corrective to the "We took Omaha Beach, and then we won the war" American narrative. They were quite popular and made into a TV series, and they made every effort to show what people thought then, from different perspectives.

   They also made it clear that it was the Soviet Union that ground down the Nazi war machine.

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2. hluskaDec 2014
   I have largely been out of fiction the last few years, but in 2014, I made a point of getting back into fiction. Consequently, my 'most important' list of 2014 will be rather heavily weighted towards fiction.

   1) Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden

   Not only the best written account of the action in World War I's trenches but also a wonderful account of race in Canada, this book is absolutely beautiful.

   2) The Winds of War/War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk

   If you want to learn the most minute history of WW2, this series is a great way to boost your knowledge. This not only covers the War, but also gives enough background that the rest of the 20th century's history makes more sense.

   3) Deep Currents by Valerie Haig-Brown

   I read this book on Vancouver Island just a few km from the Haig-Brown house and it changed my views on conservation, the pacific fisheries, and Campbell River (which is where my Dad spent his teenaged years).

   * Edited because of fat fingers.

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