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Title	:	The Winds of War (The Henry Family #1)
Author	:	Herman Wouk
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 896 pages
Published	:	February 5th 2002 by Back Bay Books (first published November 15th 1971)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. War. World War II. Classics. Military Fiction

The Winds of War (The Henry Family #1)

Herman Wouk

Paperback | Pages: 896 pages

Rating: 4.37 | 49718 Users | 1453 Reviews

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Like no other masterpiece of historical fiction, Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II is the great novel of America's Greatest Generation.

Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events, as well as all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of World War II, as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family drawn into the very center of the war's maelstrom.

The Winds of War and its sequel War and Remembrance stand as the crowning achievement of one of America's most celebrated storytellers.

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Original Title:	The Winds of War
ISBN:	0316952664 (ISBN13: 9780316952668)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Henry Family #1
Characters:	Joseph Stalin, Hermann Göring, Benito Mussolini, Victor Henry, Byron Henry, Eleanor Roosevelt, Aaron Jastrow, Natalie Jastrow, Rhoda Henry, Warren Henry, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Pamela Tudsbury
Setting:	Berlin(Germany) Washington, D.C.(United States) Hawaii(United States) …more Germany Italy Atlantic Ocean Pearl Harbor, Hawaii(United States) Manila,1941(Philippines) Siena(Italy) …less

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This was as good a work of historical fiction as I've read. Being a little knowledgeable regarding the Second World War I can vouch for the accuracy of the history and while the plot itself had quite the flavour of a soap opera, that seemed to fit quite well, lending as it did an air of the everyday painted on the massive canvas of war.

The cover says.."Grand..Grandiose..Compelling" and I must agree wholeheartedly I just finished this huge classic wonderful piece of engrossing fiction based on the beginning of WWII history. It begins in 1939. Vicariously through a military family named the Henry's, we get more than a birds eye view of how things manifested. In this book, I swear, every page you feel as though you must have taken a trip back in time. I chose this book because I'm quite attracted to WWII fiction but I wanted to

I would have liked it more if it hadn't turned so blatantly into a soap-opera. You'll probably find it interesting but you'll also probably be exasperated by some of the characters. This I suppose speaks to how well they're written....but it's still a soap opera. This was a big series in it's time and the attempt to wind a romance into WWII including the Jewish population and the concentration camp death camp experience didn't work that well for me.

They found the narrow tarred roads filling with people on foot and horse-drawn wagons laden with children, furniture, squawking geese, and the like. Some peasants drove along donkeys piled with household goods, or a few mooing cows. Marching soldiers now and then forced the car off the road. A troop of cavalry trotted by on gigantic dappled horses. The dusty riders chatted as they rode, strapping fellows with helmets and sabres glittering in the morning sun. They laughed, flashing white teeth,

Winds of War isn't my favorite book of the (almost dwindled) year. Nor does it break into my all time top 10 books. What it is, is simply a balancing act. In its bare bones, this book is a melodrama. But this undesirable component is supported by a blissfully solemn narrative. The main cast is the Henry family. The book's entire length is about how different these people are from each other, and how much do they cross paths despite their nomadic existence. All of which has World War 2 as a

Huge, compelling read. Though I may hesitate to call the book "enlightening", I'd probably feel comfortable describing it as "broadening", particularly regarding the range of viewpoints on various players' roles and motives in the war. It contains plenteous opinions about martial tactics (particularly Germany's) and the effects of politics (particularly the US's) on the outcomes in WWII. Opinions or not, it was refreshing to see unconventional views stated so thoroughly and convincingly. I was

Just arrived from Australia through BM.What a magnificent book, one of the best books on World War II I have ever read.This first volume tells the saga of Victor "Pug" Henry, a middle-aged Naval officer and confidant of the President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.In my opinion, the main point of this book is the accurate description of the development of World War II, starting with the Nazi's occupation in Poland. Russian's fight was the following historical event and this volume ends with the Pearl