Combined with its sequel War and Remembrance these two volumes are the definite true and only real masterpieces to come out of the Second World War (in my humble opinion of course). What makes them even more amazing is their page turning can’t be put down quality.
These two massive volumes, over a thousand pages each, follow the lives of an American family, leading up to the war in the first volume, and during the war in the second. A la Forrest Gump, the protagonist Victor Henry manages to find himself a minor player in every significant event during those tumultuous times.
These books are the most historically accurate works about the war ever written. This is not by accident. Rather than run the risk of botching the job, Herman Wouk hired competent historians to help him thoroughly research this remarkable epic.
After finishing these two volumes you will know more about the Second World War than you ever could have learned by actually formally studying it. Hell, when I was done I had trouble convincing myself I really hadn’t lived through the war.
All that said, the best part of these two amazing fiction books is this–they’re a hell of a great read.
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