- Item #ONE_MANS_WAR
- ISBN: 0945257996
- ISBN13: 978-0945257998
- Copyright 1999
- 131 pp.
- Price: $9.95
An important historical source, it captures in words the black humor, monotony, and mind-numbing horror of combat portrayed on films like Saving Private Ryan.
The book includes maps tracing the events described in the memoir, along with illustrations and a glossary of military terms to enhance its accessibility for today's readers. A valuable resource for students, teachers, and anyone else striving to understand better the tumultuous 20th century.
What People are Saying...
What Clausewitz described as 'the fog of war' disappears in most military accounts. In this one it definitely does not..... The vividness is there, in the prose, where it has to be in order to assist readers who cannot imagine without it.
— Robert H. Ferrell, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Indian University-Bloomington
Like the opening scenes in Saving Private Ryan, One Man's War transports the reader into infantry combat, with all its mind-numbing horror, written as it was by someone who was there. None of the books I have read can touch it for accuracy of detail and vividness of description.
— Russell Hunter, Department of Psychology, Pepperdine University
Gordon writes in a lucid and lively prose, laced with humor and irony, about the harrowing experience of fighting across the hedgerowed fields of northern France. His gritty narrative of days and nights filled with fear, pain, and death forces us to confront the reality of war for the GI in the front line during World War II.
— Marvin Swartz, Department of History, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
The common soldier's war from an uncommon observer.... A gripping account of citizen soldiers in combat that complements Saving Private Ryan.
— Michael Barrett, Department of History, The Citadel, Charleston, SC