David’s Reviews > Writers on World War II: An Anthology > Status Update

Many of the later selections are longer. Continues to be wonderful. Touching I F Stone thoughts on the death of FDR and the Ascension of Truman

This is really a good book. Will give it 5 stars now, and I'm only about 3/4 through. Really fine New Yorker article about the work of a LCI during the Normany invasion and another New Yorker about JFK and PT-109. Some chilling short stories by Germans and Japanese, too.

In 1944. Good short story by Heinrich Boll (not much in here from German military side).

Good stuff -- could add more "to-reads" but have too many already!!!

Just finished 1942. Last entry was from "The Gallery," by John Horne Burns, and reminded me what a wonderful book THAT is! Should have put it in the 1943 section, but . . . Entry from Germaine Greer reinforced what a loony tune she is -- talks about a Spitfire " with one engine on fire" tipping a bomb away from a town and into the water. How many engines WERE on that Spitfire, Ms Greer?

REally fine book. Have harvested additional "to-read" candidates.

Now entering 1942

Memoir by Gustave Herling worth a look. Ordered it from KCMO library

Back to this. Good stuff. Reread the section on battle with the Bismarck.