Word: war
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...War Lover, Hersey...
...Liberation of the Philippines, by Samuel Eliot Morison. The 13th volume in the author's massive U.S. naval history of World War II describes the fury of Japan's kamikaze attacks, takes the fighting through the summer...
...Longest Day, by Cornelius Ryan. Crisp writing and detailed reporting of World War II's D-day make this one of the most tautly exciting of the "day" books...
Written by Peter Zharov, The House I Live In tells the story of three families who live in the same apartment house. The film begins in 1935 and follows their lives through the end of the war. People and movies being what they are, everybody's life intertwines. (This means, of course, young love for the children and occasional adultery for the adults...
Just as everything is going along fine, the war interrupts the proceedings and the men go to the front. Tearful scenes ensue--although it must be admitted that these are fairly convincingly played. Some of the men return, some don't, and the film ends where it began, with the now mature younger son watching his niece begin life the same way he did. The "cycle" is complete...