The Young Lions
By: Irwin Shaw
4.23
Format: 662 pages, Paperback
The Young Lions is a vivid and classic novel that portrays the experiences of ordinary soldiers fig…
Want to Read $ 3.99"Horror would not annoy a soldier any more than the sight of a hammer annoys a carpenter. It is sentimental to pretend that horror is not the tool of the soldier, just as the hammer is the tool of the carpenter. We live off death and the threat of death and we must take it calmly and use it well.... Eventually I came to enjoy killing, as a pianist enjoys the Czerny which keeps his fingers limber for the Beethoven."-Irwin Shaw, The Young Lions
"Horror would not annoy a soldier any more than the sight of a hammer annoys a carpenter. It is sentimental to pretend that horror is not the tool of the soldier, just as the hammer is the tool of the carpenter. We live off death and the threat of death and we must take it calmly and use it well.... Eventually I came to enjoy killing, as a pianist enjoys the Czerny which keeps his fingers limber for the Beethoven."-Irwin Shaw, The Young Lions
"This time it is not a simple, understandable war, within the same culture. This time it is an assault of the animal world upon the house of the human being. I don’t know what you saw in Africa and Italy, but I know what I saw in Russia and Poland. We made a cemetery a thousand miles long and a thousand miles wide. Men, women, children, Poles, Russians, Jews, it made no difference. It could not be compared to any human action. It could be compared to a weasel in a henhouse. It was as though we felt that if we left anything alive in the East, it would one day bear witness against us and condemn us. And, now, we have made the final mistake. We are losing the war"-Irwin Shaw, The Young Lions
"This time it is not a simple, understandable war, within the same culture. This time it is an assault of the animal world upon the house of the human being. I don’t know what you saw in Africa and Italy, but I know what I saw in Russia and Poland. We made a cemetery a thousand miles long and a thousand miles wide. Men, women, children, Poles, Russians, Jews, it made no difference. It could not be compared to any human action. It could be compared to a weasel in a henhouse. It was as though we felt that if we left anything alive in the East, it would one day bear witness against us and condemn us. And, now, we have made the final mistake. We are losing the war"-Irwin Shaw, The Young Lions
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By: Bob Woodward , None
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2. The First Casualty
By: Ben Elton
3.94
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"Once more, and for the fourth time, the war would most definitely not be over by Christmas."-Ben Elton, The First Casualty
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3. The First World War: A Complete History
By: Martin Gilbert
4.16
Format: 680 pages, Paperback
It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an … read more
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4. To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949
By: Ian Kershaw
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Format: 574 pages, Hardcover
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5. A Brief History of Montmaray (The Montmaray Journals, #1)
By: Michelle Cooper
3.59
Format: 320 pages,
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6. Hadji Murad
By: Leo Tolstoy
4.11
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
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7. Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
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4.27
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8. Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
By: Donovan Campbell
4.14
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
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"I became amazed at how much my men would tolerate if someone just took the time to explain the why of it all to them."-Donovan Campbell, Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
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4.10
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4.07
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4.75
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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2.83
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14. The Young Lions
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"The world," said Pavone, "will swing to the left. The whole world except America. The world will swing, not because people read Karl Marx, or because agitators will come out of Russia, but because, a…"-Irwin Shaw, The Young Lions
"When I went into the Army, I made up my mind that I was putting myself at the Army's disposal. I believe in the war. That doesn't mean I believe in the Army. I don't believe in any army. You don't ex…"-Irwin Shaw, The Young Lions
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1.33
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"Back in Washington, alone in the late afternoon of December 7, a chastened Franklin Roosevelt considered the situation. He may have wondered how things had gone so terribly wrong. But what might ha…"-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
20. Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
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Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition
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21. Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times
By: Michael R. Beschloss
4.22
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