'The Good War' An Oral History of World - Studs Terkel, ebook, ebook.1400, Temp 3
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//-->OVER FIVE MO*>TSELLER LISTPULITZERPRIZEWINNERHUE GOOD WAR"ANOFORALWORLDHISTORYWARTWOSTUDS TERKEL(SJ£)Ballantine/ Sociology /32568/S4.95a-*************************"Absolutely nothing is more effective than gooddialogue. Never has that point been expressed betterthan in this splendid epic oral history of World WarTwo. Terkel starts with Hawaiian John Garcia'sdescription of the attack on Pearl Harbor when he wassixteen.... The book ends 591 emotion-packed pageslater with Chicago street kids talking about theiruncertain future.... This is a powerful book, repeatedlymoving and profoundly disturbing."People"No other single work conveys as vividly the sights,sounds, smells and, above all, feelings of the war years,and the importance of those years to all who livedthrough them. One is struck repeatedly in this book bythe vividness and immediacy with which TerkePs subjectsrecall their wartime experiences—as if nothing beforeor since has affected and shaped them so profoundly.... Terkel has illuminated the past with a power andimmediacy that only rare works of history attain."The Boston Globe"With his mastery ofthe all-history techniques... StudsTerkel has brought us the tangled perspectives ofmemory—and memory reconsidered—of a war thatfor all of its horror seemed then, and still seems, tohave possessed something worthwhile and alive*... Oneof the stunning things about TerkePs book is how vividlyhis soldiers, farmers, schemers, nurses, and factoryworkers tell us about it."The Los Angeles Time* Book Review"As in HardTimesandWorking...this masterinterviewer again creates a turbulent epic of humanexperience by quoting the words of those who lived it.... a vivid resurrection of a lost tune."Newsdayi*.*****-*-****-*-^****-*********-"Terkel plays this instrument, a tape recorder, with theskill and subtlety of a fine jazz musician, nudging bissubjects toward introspection.... The result is classicStuds, an unending parade of just plain folks—Americans, Russians, Japanese, Germans—almost allof whom have something moving or insightful to say.... The World War Two veterans Terkel interviews seem,contrary to popular myth, not all that different fromtheir sons who fought in Vietnam: haunted by memories,tortured by guilt and, sometimes still, forty years later,by nightmares.... They are all wonderful people...the kind of folks you'd invite over for dinner."Vogue"A clangorous but carefully orchestrated jumble ofvoices. The speakers are the prominent and theunknown, the wealthy and the poor, the articulate andthe awkward, but all «f them have been induced to talkwith great clarity about a period that was, for many ofthem, the time of their lives."The Washington Post Book World"Tremendously exciting and very illuminating... It willgive historians a lot to write about. And for the generalreader it will be a revelation."William L. Shirer"'The Good War'...differs from the hundreds ofpersonal accounts we have of that war, even from othercollections of personal accounts, because Terkel hasinvited his witnesses to speculate on the value of theirexperience, the value of the war itself."Newsweek"Studs Terkel is one of the best historians we have....*The Good War1is nostalgic but it's far more than that.It's evocative, inspiring, depressing, painful, and somuch besides that readers will experience emotionsthey didn't know they had.... Insights tumble out ofthis whirl of conversation."The Cleveland Plain DealerflllimiltfffMItWflgltro+++++•* ++«+++++++++ ++++++. ++"In his fifth work of oral history, Studs Terkel onceagain does a brilliant job of listening. If there is anykind of history more direct and more powerful thanhonest recollection, then it is difficult to tell when youread a book like this. Terkel engages in no analysis, nopontificating, no attempt to reconcile morality withhistory. Instead, we hear people, all kinds of people,talking about what they remember, how it affected themthen, and how it affects them now. Terkel has puttogether a remarkably fascinating cross-section ofvoices."The Detroit Free Press"What is surprising aboutThe Good War*is the modestyand humor and general lack of rancor exhibited byalmost all the people Terkel interviews.... Terkel iswhat every reporter should aspire to be—a goodlistener. And the depth of some of the revelations in'The Good War3underline exactly how good he is."The Baltimore Sun"Studs Terkel is more than a writer; he is a nationalresource. Many write about presidents; Studs gets tothe deeper heart of our history and our national life."John Kenneth Galbraith"A unified work with the grandeur of a symphony andthe profundity of a requiem. The book conveys theexcitement and horror of wartime with eye-witnessimmediacy, while inviting both narrators and readersto explore the war's equally mixed legacy. Terkel isfamous for his ability to elicit striking stories fromordinary people, and this new book is filled withnarratives of astonishing power."The San Francisco Chronicle"For readers too young to have known the war, thebook will offer an extraordinary view of what happened.For those who were alive then and are old enough toremember, it will revive memories both dreadful andpleasurable."Business Weekjf*-*******-*****)*-***********Also by Studs TerkelPublished by Ballantine Books:AMERICAN DREAMS: LOST AND FOUNDWORKING
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