![]() ![]() It’s tragic, but it was a tragedy of his own making. On his way, he is kidnapped, then murdered. A real life example is the boy who is told to come straight home from school, but, instead, makes a detour. Many of their predicaments are of their own making. Despite Wouk’s assurance to the contrary, there are so many things alluded to in the story from its predecessor that difficult to imagine reading this without having read the other.Īs with Winds, the characters we are meant to feel sorry for are often ones we feel great anger towards. The sequel, War and Remembrance, opens with an Author’s Note that says that both books are intended to be read together, but that they can be read independently. The battles the book covers are, of course, the invasion of Poland, the Battle of Britain, the breaking of the German-Soviet Pact, and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Beginning with the Invasion of Poland, the story unfolds to give show America’s indifference in the early days only to their wheeling and dealing behind the scenes to assist with the Allies. Many times, those that we should be sympathetic towards are one that we end up hating. ![]() The Characters are sometimes frustrating. Winds of War, though only the first half of the saga of the Henry/Jastrow family, is a beautiful history, and excellent introduction into World War II. This is a two-in-one review, since, really, Winds of War and War and Remembrance is really one overall story-arc. ![]()
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