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'The Good War' : An Oral History of World War II by Outlet; Studs Terkel is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize: “The richest and most powerful single document of the American experience in World War II” ( The Boston Globe ). “ The Good War ”   is a testament not only to the experience of war but to the extraordinary skill of Studs Terkel as an interviewer and oral historian. From a pipe fitter’s apprentice at Pearl Harbor to a crew member of the flight that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, his subjects are open and unrelenting in their analyses of themselves and their experiences, producing what People magazine has called “a splendid epic history” of WWII. With this volume Terkel expanded his scope to the global and the historical, and the result is a masterpiece of oral history. “Tremendously compelling, somehow dramatic and intimate at the same time, as if one has stumbled on private accounts in letters locked in attic trunks . . . In terms of plain human interest, Mr. Terkel may well have put together the most vivid collection of World War II sketches ever gathered between covers.” — The New York Times Book Review “I promise you will remember your war years, if you were alive then, with extraordinary vividness as you go through Studs Terkel’s book. Or,

Who reads 'The Good War' : An Oral History of World War II?

Author

Outlet; Studs Terkel

Publisher

New Press, The

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781565843431

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Literary Collections, Fiction

Rating

4.25 / 5 (2,940 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13