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title: "Once There Was a War (Penguin Classics)"
brand: "john steinbeckmark bowden"
price: "E£ 2841"
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reviews_count: 13
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# Once There Was a War (Penguin Classics)

**Brand:** john steinbeckmark bowden
**Price:** E£ 2841
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- **What is this?** Once There Was a War (Penguin Classics) by john steinbeckmark bowden
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## Customer Reviews

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    Authentic
  

*by D***E on Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2021*

Steinbeck's war correspondence is very real.He did not write about how many miles tanks took in a day or how many killed.Instead, he writes about the people stuck in a both horrifying situation and ludicrously doing the crazy things we all do.There are stories about heroism, but it's mostly about how these soldiers cope with an impossible situation. Like Grapes of Wrath, it's about people in all their glory and foolishness.Maybe the best war stories I've read - and I've interviewed a number of WWII veterans as a newspaper writer myself. True writing skill.

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    Honest War Reportage
  

*by B***2 on Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2022*

Steinbeck, using his straightforwrd, honest, descriptive style, brings the realities of war to the page. The mud, stink, boredom, and drudgery are posted along with the sorrows and bravery. Individual personal stories are told in a manner that sweeps the reader forward.

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    Eye opening
  

*by C***E on Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2021*

This book really draws out my empathy towards how we can simetimes take the protection of our country for granite. He exposes the painful, uncomfortable, and even sometimes humorous side to what our men and women go through after joining the service.

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