I am reading this one now about Japanese American soldiers in Europe during the big war, while their families were interned in camps back home!
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I am reading this one now about Japanese American soldiers in Europe during the big war, while their families were interned in camps back home!
The first 24 hours of the invasion will be decisive… for the Allies, as well as their opponents, it will be the longest day.
pickI highly recommend this book. It is more a bio of one mans career as a Navy SEAL. Through all its stages. A career that included the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Absent is the self-righteous patriotism that can be prevalent today. He approaches his story as a professional. Just telling his story without trying to drive home a political opinion. An inspiring story and a look into the real world of the Navy SEALs.
The life journey of a young soldier in World War I, based on the author's experiences.
The book chillingly portrays the contrast between youth and the horrors of war.
The blood, shock, complex trauma, and how it takes over one‘s worldview after the war (PTSD) are conveyed with such precision and simplicity.
A masterpiece!
pickAfter plodding through Balzac's discourse on the terrain of the Loire Valley, I thought I would change things up and tackle a book in which...the landscape factors heavily. 🤣 Stylistically, the two couldn't be more different, though. This one is pure kinesthetics, spare and propulsive. Two prisoners of war make a break from their captors, and we spend time ping-ponging between their POVs as they strategize how to evade recapture.
pickSet in Syria during the uprising, we follow Salama, a girl in her late teens, battling day to day life under the Assad regime.
With the recent fall of Assad, this felt like a timely read.
I want to read these books to understand some of what's going on politically in Syria and to see the everyday person having to life under these circumstances. What does survival look like for someone whose country runs in their veins.
Fantastic book.
so-so3✨ If you know the history of Pearl Harbor you can feel the dread as you hear certain names and time frames. It was written for kids so it started with a bit of introduction, but it moved forward to provide situations beyond just the attack. Such as some characters born in America, but with Japanese roots. It didn‘t flow very well, but it seemed to try to hit accurately without a lot of detail on purpose. A coming of age in maybe the worse way.
pickThe planning of the actual rescue mission of the prisoner of war camp was thoroughly and meticulously researched from several primary sources. A must-read for those who want to know more about World War II in the Pacific.
Many trigger warnings -violence, massacre, torture, starvation.
Very memorable moment was during the rescue - the POWs were so traumatized that they had to be persuaded to leave. It broke my heart.
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