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October 12, 2005
Book of the Month Club
I liked the "Book of the Month Club" review of The Greatest War Stories Never Told, so I thought I would share it:
From the female Lawrence of Arabia, to the American intelligence team that saved the life of Ho Chi Minh during World War II, The Greatest War Stories Never Told features 100 unbelievable true stories drawn from the pages of history.
There’s the story of Calvin Graham who was injured at the battle of Guadalcanal. Not too unusual until you consider Graham lied to get into the navy because he was only twelve years old! Then there’s the story of the American invasion of Japanese occupied Kiska in 1943, where after two days of heavy fighting and thirty-two dead soldiers, the Americans discovered there was no enemy. The Japanese evacuated three weeks earlier and all of the casualties came from friendly fire. There’s also the story of what happened on Christmas day 1914 when British and German soldiers crawled out of their foxholes and played an impromptu game of soccer. The next day they returned to their ugly job of killing each other. War may indeed be hell but as this astonishing and entertaining collection reveals, war has also provided some of history’s most remarkable stories.
Publication day is just 16 days away.
Posted by rickbeyer at October 12, 2005 03:04 PM
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