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The War

An Intimate History, 1941-1945

An Intimate History, 1941-1945

An Intimate History, 1941-1945

By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Read by Ken Burns

By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Read by Ken Burns

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Nov 02, 2010 | ISBN 9780375711183

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Sep 11, 2007 | ISBN 9780307262837

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Sep 11, 2007 | 530 Minutes

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    About The War

    An intimate, profoundly affecting chronicle of the most devastating war in history, as told through the voices of ordinary men and women who experienced—and helped to win—it. • Includes maps and hundreds of photographs.

    Focusing on the citizens of four towns—Luverne, Minnesota; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama—The War follows more than forty people from 1941 to 1945. Woven largely from their memories, the compelling, unflinching narrative unfolds month by bloody month, with the outcome always in doubt. All the iconic events are here, from Pearl Harbor to the liberation of the concentration camps—but we also move among prisoners of war and Japanese American internees, defense workers and schoolchildren, and families who struggled simply to stay together while their men were shipped off to Europe, the Pacific, and North Africa.

    About The War

    The vivid voices that speak from these pages are not those of historians or scholars. They are the voices of ordinary men and women who experienced—and helped to win—the most devastating war in history, in which between 50 and 60 million lives were lost.

    Focusing on the citizens of four towns— Luverne, Minnesota; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama;—The War follows more than forty people from 1941 to 1945. Woven largely from their memories, the compelling, unflinching narrative unfolds month by bloody month, with the outcome always in doubt. All the iconic events are here, from Pearl Harbor to the liberation of the concentration camps—but we also move among prisoners of war and Japanese American internees, defense workers and schoolchildren, and families who struggled simply to stay together while their men were shipped off to Europe, the Pacific, and North Africa.

    Enriched by maps and hundreds of photographs, including many never published before, this is an intimate, profoundly affecting chronicle of the war that shaped our world.

    About The War

    The companion volume to the magnificent seven-part PBS series

    The individuals featured in this audiobook are not those of historians or scholars. They are ordinary men and women who experienced–and helped to win–the most devastating war in history, in which between 50 and 60 million lives were lost.

    Focusing on the citizens of four towns–Luverne, Minnesota; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama–The War follows more than forty people from 1941 to 1945. Woven largely from their memories, the compelling, unflinching narrative unfolds month by bloody month, with the outcome always in doubt. The iconic events are here, but we also move among prisoners of war, defense workers and schoolchildren, and families who struggled simply to stay together.

    An intimate, profoundly affecting chronicle of the war that shaped our world, The War captures the American experience of World War II through the words and deeds, thoughts and feelings of those who made history on the battlefields and on the home front.

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    About Geoffrey C. Ward

    Geoffrey C. Ward, historian and screenwriter, is the author of sixteen books, including A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, which… More about Geoffrey C. Ward

    About Ken Burns

    KEN BURNS, the producer and director of numerous film series, including Vietnam, The Roosevelts, and The War, founded his own documentary… More about Ken Burns

    About Geoffrey C. Ward

    Geoffrey C. Ward, historian and screenwriter, is the author of sixteen books, including A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, which… More about Geoffrey C. Ward

    About Ken Burns

    KEN BURNS, the producer and director of numerous film series, including Vietnam, The Roosevelts, and The War, founded his own documentary… More about Ken Burns

    About Geoffrey C. Ward

    Geoffrey C. Ward, historian and screenwriter, is the author of sixteen books, including A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, which… More about Geoffrey C. Ward

    About Ken Burns

    KEN BURNS, the producer and director of numerous film series, including Vietnam, The Roosevelts, and The War, founded his own documentary… More about Ken Burns

    Product Details

    Category: World War II Military History | 20th Century U.S. History

    Paperback | $30.00
    Published by Knopf
    Nov 02, 2010 | 480 Pages | 9-3/16 x 10-7/8 | ISBN 9780375711183

    Category: World War II Military History | 20th Century U.S. History

    Hardcover | $50.00
    Published by Knopf
    Sep 11, 2007 | 480 Pages | 9-3/16 x 10-7/8 | ISBN 9780307262837

    Category: World War II Military History | 20th Century U.S. History | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Sep 11, 2007 | 530 Minutes | ISBN 9780739357293

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    Praise

    “Ken Burns has done it again. He has given us an intimate, memorable, and provocative portrait of America in World War II—the valor and victory, sacrifice and shame of ordinary Americans, north, south, east, and west. This is a treasure.” —Tom Brokaw

    “Heartrending…Unique not only among previous volumes that have accompanied Burns’s documentaries but among just about any book on World War II…. It should be read by everyone in the family, from the high-schoolers to the Baby Boomers.” —Newark Star-Ledger

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