Jeff Shaara
Hardcover | Pages: 493 pages Rating: 4.24 | 5893 Users | 340 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Steel Wave (World War II: 1939-1945 #2) |
| Author | : | Jeff Shaara |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 493 pages |
| Published | : | May 13th 2008 by Ballantine Books |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. War. World War II. Military Fiction |
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General Dwight Eisenhower commands a diverse army that must destroy Hitler’s European fortress. On the coast of France, German commander Erwin Rommel prepares for the coming invasion, as the Führer thwarts the strategies Rommel knows will succeed. Meanwhile, Sergeant Jesse Adams, a veteran of the 82nd Airborne, parachutes with his men behind German lines. And as the invasion force surges toward the beaches of Normandy, Private Tom Thorne of the 29th Infantry Division faces the horrifying prospect of fighting his way ashore on Omaha Beach, a stretch of coast more heavily defended than the Allied commanders anticipate. From G.I. to general, The Steel Wave carries us through the war’s most crucial juncture, the invasion that altered the flow of the war and, ultimately, changed history.Details Books In Pursuance Of The Steel Wave (World War II: 1939-1945 #2)
| Original Title: | The Steel Wave |
| ISBN: | 0345461428 (ISBN13: 9780345461421) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | World War II: 1939-1945 #2 |
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Ratings: 4.24 From 5893 Users | 340 ReviewsCommentary Appertaining To Books The Steel Wave (World War II: 1939-1945 #2)
Good story about D-Day, its planning, execution and aftermath. Seemed a little drier than volume 1. Looking forward to volume 3.This is the second book of a trilogy by Jeff Shaara (the first being "The Rising Tide) of what's being called "fictional history". The topic for this book is the events leading up and after D-Day (January thru September 1944) seeing through the eyes of the aggressor (Eisenhower), the defender (Rommel), generals (Bradley, Patton, von Rundstedt) and an ordinary soldier (Sergeant Jesse Adams, a paratrooper of the 82nd Airborne.). The beauty of these books is the way the author weaves the
The second book in the World War II series gives us the build up into D-day and the aftermath in the battle in France. You get the points of view of all the key players, Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, Rommel, as well as, paratroopers, such as Jesse Adams.These soldiers are all real players, Shaara does a wonderful job interweaving their thoughts and actions throughout this story.
This is a book of epic proportions - the epic story of the Allies landing in Normandy, and the epic size of the book (800pp). The Steel Wave covers the events leading up to the Normandy landing, the landing itself, and the aftermath as the Allies surge through northern France. The book is particularly strong in the way it presents all the complicated and often conflicting factors that went into this world-changing operation, both from the Allies and the German points of view. Shaara singles out
Once again, Jeff Shaara gives faces to the men involved in one of history's largest battles. He gives a voice to the "enemy", so that while we can't condone their actions, we at least can see they weren't all the monster labled under the blanket "Nazi." I also like how Shaara doesn't just give us the story of the "big guys", those whose names we know from history. We also get the view of the "common" soldier, the one who was fighting through the hedgerows, up the hills, then ordered back,
Author Jeff Shaara incorporates two real-life quotes in the early pages of his World War II novel, "The Steel Wave", that help set the tone for their respective country's approach, aims and well-known results:"In war, there is no prize for runner-up."U.S. General Omar Bradley"We Germans have far greater and more urgent duty towards civilization to perform...WE, like the Japanese, can only fulfill it by the sword. War is a biological necessity."Friedrich Von Bernhardi"Steel Wave" is the second in
I think Jeff Shaara does a fine job bringing out the best in Historical fiction. He is easy to read and you feel like you are right there where ever he takes you in his stories. This book is a rehash of what many non-fiction books have already documented but this story gives you another turn in what may have taken place during the invasion.
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