A World War II buff's favorite book on the subject
For many years I've voraciously consumed anything on the subject of World War II that I could get my hands on. "Flags Of Our Fathers" is, hands down, my favorite. In telling the story of the battle for Iwo Jima, and the lives of the six men in the famous photograph, it perfectly balances hard fact with emotion.
Not SO bad.....
I really liked Flags of Our Fathers (Movie Tie-in Edition)...not because of the writing style or the research, but because it made me think about the men that fight for our country. I never put much thought into that photo even though I have seen it numerous times before. I didn't realize the stir that it caused and how it was viewed.
I did find it interesting and informative, but I am a person that finds history boring. However, since reading Flags of Our Fathers (Movie Tie-in Edition) I have developed a taste and I am now buying a reading books about both World Wars. I am not sure if it's a good thing or bad thing. It's either Flags of Our Fathers (Movie Tie-in Edition) was inspiring, or there were a lot of holes that I needed filled. I think it's both.
The writing was not the best. It was hard at some ... Read More
Hmm...?
In short summation, a very well written book, however I am left wondering if the author is a sympathizer with the Japanese or a patriotic entrepreneur? A sharp Bushido blade to swallow either way. Remember, James make him proud.
the horror, the cost, the dignity
James Bradley has written a loving chronicle of a battle of almost unimaginable horror that took place on the unlikely volcanic island that has embedded its name in military and our national history as 'Iwo Jima'. His father was caught up in the events that unfolded on that diminutive, blood-soaked island, but also in the well-intention civilian environment back home, where the War Bond campaign seemed noble enough to justify almost any means.
Anyone tempted to bury Iwo Jima in the impersonal language of large, inhuman forces that is characteristic of a historiography which scoffs at the idea that Great Men change history ought to read Flags of Our Fathers (Movie Tie-in Edition) at least as carefully as Bradley has crafted it. Men and women, many whose names now ... Read More
A must read, but it's an emotional ride...........
Perhaps the best book I've ever read. Flags of Our Fathers (Movie Tie-in Edition) captures the action, the drama, the immense human sacrifices paid by the soldiers, their courage, the brutality of war, the history of the era and the war, the biographical background of the young soldiers and their families both before, during and after the war. Superb isn't strong enough to describe how well written Flags of Our Fathers (Movie Tie-in Edition) is as it tells an amazing story about our young men you go off to war to save their country and the world from ruthless military dictatorships. The stories are gut wrenching and tear jerking. You will travel into the belly of the beast that is war and be nourished by the courage and committment to the mission's success and emotionally devastated by the carnage and loss ... Read More
