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The Greatest War: American's in Combat: 1941-1945

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As an Infantry man in WW II,( 25th Divison, 35 Inf. Regt)I have been there done that, seen that. This book tells the reader what it was like, How it stunk, The hurt, frustration, and most of all the "ugly" side of all wars.

OUTSIDE OF THE VERY NEGATIVE REVIEWS, AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO THEIR OPINION, I FOUND THIS BOOK AN EXCELLENT OVERVIEW OF COMBAT IN WW II, ESPECIALLY SMALL UNITS. LOOK, NOBODY GETS EVERYTHING RIGHT IN A BOOK THAT TRIES TO COVER SO MUCH, BUT THE AUTHOR BY AND LARGE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. I AM 61 YEARS OLD, A LIFETIME SCHOLAR OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AND WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS TO SOMEONE STARTING OUT, OR SOMEONE THAT WANTS A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE FROM SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE. SEMPER FI

I teach high school USA History and have been a life long "student" of World War II. Both of my grandfathers fought in the war. Additionally, I read conflict non-fiction as a hobby. In the past 10 years, I estimate that I have read 200-300 conflict books. The Greatest War by Astor is my second favorite conflict book. The book begins each chapter by providing background information about the goals and strategy of a given campaign. Then the book provides first hand accounts of what happened in the battles. My 12-year-old son loves the book as well. I have bought three copies of the Greatest War this year. I have given two as gifts. P.S. My favorite conflict book is "Blood on the Risers" by John Leppleman. I have read that Vietnam conflict book 7 times.

This book contains quotations from participants that are totally
erroneous.For one, I was the only witness with T/Sgt.Beauford T. Anderson on Kakazu Ridge on Okinawa in the early morning hours of April 13th 1945 when he threw mortar shells by hand at the Japanese soldiers.In fact, I was the one who handed the shells to him, and there were no other witnesses,as stated in the book.The rest of our platoon remained inside the concrete burial vault.
When daylight came he left to report to the Observation Post and received a gunshot wound through the flesh of his arm on the way.All the rest of this day's activities by Sgt,Anderson as stated in the book are a fabrication.
I know this all to be a fact since it was I who wrote the citation that resulted in his receiving the Medal of Honor for his outstanding feat.
Hans Kaufmann , Co.A 381st Infantry, 96th Division.

Yesterday I sent you a criticism of this book.It was quite negative and neither it nor the 1-star rating I gave it were published.

DO YOU PUBLISH ONLY FAVORABLE REVIEWS?
MY 1-STAR RATING WAS ALSO NOT PUBLISHED.