Furthermore, I believe that the author is trying to characterize his generation, the young men who fought the Great War and who were destroyed by it. The group of men which Paul Bäumer fights with reminds me of the camaraderie that lies within the Marine Corps ethos.…
In the nonfiction book, the SEALs are followed throughout history by the author, while he tells about all the major wars and conflicts the SEALs have been involved…
Frederick Downs had recently graduated from the United States Army’s Officer Candidate School, OCS in Georgia. He was eager to see real combat and didn’t want to settle for anything less than that. Volunteering to enlist and be away from his wife and children was difficult, but he wanted to make his time away mean something to his country. As a lieutenant he would be in charge of a group of men later on in the book and is responsible for their well being and making sure they come back home to their families in one piece. He would be stationed in Pleiku in the central highlands of South Vietnam in Division Four, but he had never heard of that Division. As he got to Pleiku after another flight, he learned more about the environment that he will now inhabit.…
Stephen Ambrose, known for his works as a historian and biographer, had a keen interest with World War II. His research led him to serve as the President of the National World War II museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, write many books detailing accounts of several divisions involved in World War II, and several biographies based on the lives of Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. Band of Brothers is the exhaustive work by Ambrose which contains first person accounts of soldiers who fought in the E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne of the United States Army. In this work, Ambrose chronologically records the recollections of several soldiers and writes about their times in the European leg of World War II starting from the training camp in Toccoa, Georgia, all the way to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest in Berchtesgaden, Germany. In Band of Brothers, Stephen Ambrose means to inform those who read it about the remarkable adventures of one of the best divisions in the armed forces during World War II.…
I read the book Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. The story begins in a small town in Sterling, New Hampshire. At the high school, you read about a routine day of students in classes. As a student runs out of class to leave for an orthodontist appointment a loud bang goes off in the parking lot, which turns out to be a bomb set off in Matt's car. The students are confused by the noise and gun shots are fired. Patrick, the only detective on the Sterling police force (which is just stupid to have only one), hears on his radio about the shooting at Sterling High School. Patrick sees several students on the floor, surrounded in blood. The boy is dead and has a gunshot in his head while his girlfriend, Josie wakes up and cant…
This novel is very different from the others that I have read. Tim O’Brien wrote this book to show how it was at Vietnam and what soldiers have to go thru. However he wrote this book under the genre of fiction because this way he could write things that were not true and still make it billable to the reader. Rather than him just saying things as they are. Perhaps if he told things as they really happen then the reader might not be interested of what was going on. Now the author wrote this book for two reasons.…
This book is different than most because the story is told through many different character's points of view, so you see how different people who took part in the war saw it. Tom Clancy tells the story through eyes of NATO and Russian naval captains who command both surface and underwater boats. Most of the character's actions…
Paul’s uncle, Joe, and cousin, Joe Jr., are foils in this “lass struggle” that ultimately fractures the Crown family and forces Paul to leave his uncle’s home to find work on his own. The behavior and work ethic of Joe. Who is born to wealth and privileged in America, is juxtaposed with that of immigration Paul. Jakes portrayed Joe Jr. as spoiled and without focus especially when compared to Paul’s mature approach to life and work.…
Basically this book is about why and what motivated these soldiers to volunteer and to risk their lives for what they believed was right. Both sides had completely different motives, but were both equally motivated to risk their lives for completely different reasons. These lectures were a small part of a larger book by this author which is about war and what the soldiers were fighting for. This book, "What They Fought For 1861-1865", explains the reasons why the soldier's fought for both sides.…
Siegfried Sasson’s “Memoirs of an Infantry Officer,” is part of a trilogy that follows the main character, George Sherston, throughout his military career. Mainly based around World War I, this book kicks off in 1916 and paints a very vivid picture of what life was like during, and after Sherston’s time in the military. Although this story is very informative of the war, it was challenging to get a steady grasp of. Within the first few chapters, boredom took over and it did not get much better until about halfway through. Therefore someone who is not infatuated with WWI era will not enjoy it as much as a world war connoisseur would. Luckily, finishing up the book was satisfying as it came to be a very decent and pleasurable read towards the end. This book evidently left readers wanting more, which is why there is a third book in this war based series. Sasson did an excellent job of telling g a fictitious story that is relatable to real life situations.…
I chose this book because I was looking through the Commandants reading list, and it sounded interesting.…
main themes and I will also contrast this novel with the novel, “Rumor of War,” by…
All in all, the book expresses how important the Marine Corps is to our nation and why, through…
This book was written with Clancy fans in mind. While there is a large series put out by Clancy that is continuously being lengthened, there are many people that are daunted by the size of his books, and many that have finished all of his books. This book was written with these people in mind, as it is written in Clancy’s style but it is only 318 pages.…
The Army is an organization that imprints pride and discipline in its Soldiers, both enlisted and commissioned officers, because of its history, mission, capabilities, and the respect it has earned in the service of the nation. A reflection of that pride and discipline is visible in the customs, courtesies, and traditions the…