... but also in the streets, homes and hearts of the people who lived through a time when a chaotic life was nothing out of the ordinary. The book focuses on four prominent characters, Gamelin, Weygand, Manstein, and Guderia. All real men in various positions in their respected armies. Horne also used interviews from ... the role played by the Maginot Line. It was something I had heard of, but never to the point of being educated in its purpose. The book introduces us to how the line was such a modern and welcomed form or protection against any army wanting to invade France, primarily German...

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... Paul's friends let him one by one, Paul got alone, and finally died in peace at the end of the war. The theme of the whole book is the horror and violence of the war, and how the superior leaders using young soldiers as their tools to against each other in the war. The ... that showed out the author's point of view. All most in every single event that happened in this novel, Paul had his own feelings and thoughts, this book seemed like a Paul's little diary, which recorded his pain and suffering. The descriptions of Paul's feelings were very meticulous, and gave the readers a impressive ...

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... the others to join the army. It tricks them into thinking the war is great and everything the war really is not. The several themes in this book are relevant to what the other was trying to show all of his readers. Some of the new technology that they got were tanks, machine guns, ... they got deep into the war they began to ignore all of their feelings as tragedy struck them hard. The characters that survived towards the end of the book had a hard time returning to their everyday lives that they once lived. The things that they saw and losing people that they were really close to took ....

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... war. Billy was an optometrist. Billy has no fear of dying. After each death in the story he says, "So it goes". The conflict in this book is that no one believes Billy about the Trafalmadores and how he was captured and taken through time. Every one thinks he is insane. They blame it on ... of his captivity on Trafalmadore or his ability to time travel to the past and to the future, this is the climax of the conflict. In this book German soldiers in World War II captured Billy Pilgrim. When he was released he was assigned to work hard labor in Dresden, Germany. While Billy was ... assas...

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... later overturned in 1976. It was also challenged by Dallas, Texas, Independent School District high school libraries in 1974 and in Snoqualmie, Washington in 1979. These states claimed that the book was "dangerous" because of the objectionable language, sexual situations or scenes, and the crude, black humor that is displayed throughout the novel. None of these bans or challenges has made ... the novel less popular and it is still a success today. I believe that the bans and the challenges of the book might have been justified back when the book was first published, but today I believe ...

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... not just the Jews but the other ethnics as well. A book can remind us to the life in World War II and also The Holocaust. The book has been rewarded by numerous awards, "The Book Thief". "The Book Thief" has been written by Markus Zusak, an Australian author. This book tells us about the life of a nine years-old girl living ... in Germany during World War II. This book also tells us about the struggle and suffering of ... the teacher asked her to read. Even everyone laughing at her, she still has a desire to learn how to read and write. She learned how to read with the first book that ...

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... New Hampshire. It is the summer of 1942 (World War II) and America is at war. The plot is about a sixteen year old boy, Gene Forrester, the narrator of the book, returns to the Devon School, were he had graduated fifteen years ago. He walks to a tree near a river, and there, he once more becomes a student at the school, sixteen years ... best friend Phineas witch was great pain to Gene, because loosing your best friend at 17 years old is very hard to put up with. In the beginning of the book, I thought that Gene was a good, loving boy in toward of his best friend and cared about other p...

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... how their relationships that lasted a lifetime were formed. These bonds are so strong, the men are willing to die for one another. The book is important because it is part of our United States history. Courageous men sacrificed their lives to put a halt to Hitler's evil and hatred in Europe. ... This book recognizes the true valor and heroism of the men, even through danger and seemingly impossible circumstances. They meant something to someone. They were part of ... life in the army can be and how trying the long challenging (both mental and physical) days can be away from one's country...

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The book "Montana 1948" shows us how people can be very dishonest and shows us that certain people will choose what they want to see and what they want to ... frightened that he was coming as she knew about Frank's past. She did not trust him at all. Wesley's suspicion of Frank grows greater as the book continues on. Towards the end of the book Frank murders Marie in the Hayden family home. This shows that Frank could not be trusted, not even by his own brother. Wesley confronts Frank bout this ... ...

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The Book Thief is about a young girl's life in Germany during World War II. Her name was Liesel Meminger. Liesel lives with her adoptive parents on a street named Heaven Street. She becomes ... she couldn't keep her safe, as her mother was labeled a communist. In the beginning she could read or write. She is taught by her adoptive father, Hans, by reading a stolen book titled "The Gravedigger's Guide." In the basement of their home they shelter a Jewish refugee, Max, whom she soon sees as an older brother. She finds comfort in books ... as the other. He demanded the German people follow his...

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... back, to find herself and to lose he shame she is forced to go back to Manzanar and remember the effect it had on her and her family. I liked the book and I think it is an interesting story. I learned many things. One of them is the difficult situation people can go through with the absence of a father. Also, how we have ... ...

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... highly tuned than that of a bats. Shipping The use of ultrasound in the mapping of the sea floor has made it easier to find save passages for shipping. An echo sounder is used to indirectly determine ocean floor depth. Echo sounding is based on the principle that water is an excellent for the transmission of sound waves and that a sound pulse ... ...

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... also covered in detail. As well as this the social and economic environment that led to the war are also discussed in detail. The book has an American viewpoint but does not argue that the decisions made by America were right. Instead it provides enough information that the decisions ... political side, including detailed descriptions of all the attack proposals made by U.S. officials. Also covered is the anti-Vietnam movement in America. The book continues to cover the events after the war, including how America recovered from the war and the effect the war had on American relations up...

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... sniper mainly torments and teases the Marines, not doing severe harm. After serving as a leader he becomes the Assistant Adjutant at the Headquarters base camp. The book then describes the everyday lives of the Marines at Headquarters. After a while, Caputo goes back to being a Platoon leader, and the war involves much more ... after Caputo's experience in this tragic war. It received numerous reviews, most of which were good. According to www.barnesandnoble.com, it was the book that shattered America's deliberate indifference to the fate of the men it sent to fight in the jungles of Vie...

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... ON "A SEPARATE PEACE" John Knowle's A Separate Peace is novel that focuses in on characters and their reaction to the world around them. Since the book was written in the forties the reader knows that the backdrop is WWII. The author uses the backdrop of war to show how young boys develop bonds of ... ON "A SEPARATE PEACE" John Knowle's A Separate Peace is novel that focuses in on characters and their reaction to the world around them. Since the book was written in the forties the reader knows that the backdrop is WWII. The author uses the backdrop of war to show how young boys develop ...

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... Treaty Organization (NATO) as a defense alliance. In 1950, President Harry S. Truman named Eisenhower to command the NATO forces. At the end of the book, it gives Eisenhower's thoughts about if he should become president and his campaigning plans. Review as historical literature The source John Gunther used to get quotations ... from was Crusade in Europe. Other sources used to make the book were "The Eisenhowers at Home and Aboard," by John Denson; "Optimist in Arms," by Andre Laguerre; A Soldier's Story, by J.D. Bradley; Eisenhower Speaks, ... like the outline because it is an easy w...

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... while stranded for many weeks. Unbroken is a story of survival, that tests Zamperini's will to live, and is very inspiring. There are many times during the book when Zamperini comes close to death, from crashing over the Pacific, to wrestling sharks, or dodging multiple ambushes by a japanese plane well floating on a inflatable raft ... at, and succeeded. It shows you can achieve your goals if you fight for them and never give up. One of the reasons that the book is so good to read is because of the characters. For example some of the best characters are Louis Zamperini, and Pete Zamperi...

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... starts, intelligence is key to grow and sustain their culture, much like the Americas. The key to their success could be attributed to a singular book, which was written around 500 BC. This short read, labeled The Art of War, has been read and used by almost every successful general ... drawn from the decisions made by George Washington during the Revolutionary War. These decisions, specifically, relate to the third and thirteenth chapter of the book. The United states carried out multiple operations throughout the duration of the war, most of which covert and completed by either the Culp...

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... The novel is narrated from the point of view of Sayuri Nitta, a retired geisha, whom the author had interviewed. Furthermore, as for the purpose of this book, the author states that, "There may well be no better record of the strange life of a geisha than the one Sayuri offers" (2). The setting of ... (294). After having become the Chairman's mistress, she was no longer considered a geisha, and that was where the "freedom" comes in. Overall, the book does a good job at informing the reader about what the life of a geisha was like. The author obviously had done extensive research on gei...

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... her to be an alcoholic wreck. The final, and most important struggle displayed in The Wars is the war that Ross constantly fights with failure. The book is filled with little goals that Ross sets for him-self to achieve, but rarely does he ever accomplish them. The actual war itself is quite foreshadowed ... One of the more apparent battles fought within The Wars is the one that Robert Ross has between his sensitivity and his responsibility. All throughout the book we see Robert put into situations where he is forced to do something that his enormous sensitivity would not normally allow ...

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... be put to sleep. The trainers had no choice but to stop feeding them and many years later they are still remember by monument. However this book does not met the criteria. Assessing Faithful Elephants that even though it may have many good points to the story and it morals, which does matter. ... interpretation of the drawings. Also the colors seem too dark and not quite cheerful enough for the children to enjoy the book. Therefore the less likelihood of them picking up the book and reading it. The book also has no bibliography, footnotes, or index included even though it was a historic...

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... in the end they were able to accomplish one important thing, staying alive. Throughout the Holocaust people were continually being de-humanitised. In Leo's book he shows even more ways dehumanization occurred. One way which it occurred was that Jews such as Leo had to become someone else to survive. ... knows. Was he a survivor to educate other people or did he have a bigger accomplishment waiting ahead of him. Another question I had after reading this book Leap Into Darkness was whether or not Leo still thinks about his family. Leo made it to America and was a survivor of the Holocaust b...

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... is a brief and very short summary of what happened in the Nanking massacre. This is necessary background information to further discuss and analyze Iris Chang's book, The Rape of Nanking. After reading The Rape of Nanking, by Iris Chang, one can only hope that such atrocities against human kind will not ... and can not possibly be repeated. The book, which acknowledges and records such a horrific occurrence in human history, is the first step to make sure this part of history is not repeated. ... and sometimes outright denial of the Nanking massacre is the current stance for the culprit...

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... a teapot from the ruins, as the climax of the novel, Bernard still seems unenthusiastic. The best outline the narrator ever made for his Dresden book was on a roll of wallpaper, using crayon. Colors represented different people, and the lines crisscrossed when people met, and ended when they died. ... something. Finally, she confronted him: the narrator and Bernard were just babies when they fought. Mary was angry because if the narrator wrote a book, he would make himself and Bernard tough men, glorifying war and turning scared babies into heroes. There would then be a movie that starre...

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... O"Donnell concluded that Hitler had shot himself in the temple and taken poison at the same time. In chapters five through seven of Petrova and Watson's book, they present the evidence that they found. In Moscow, Petrova found "the entire Hitler Archive" (Petrova and Watson 76). It included "six buff ... were performed and that a Russian investigation was performed a year after Hitler's death and produced "two fragments of a skull" (Petrova and Watson 85). The book then talks about the forensic evidence as well as Hitler's skull. A medical expert was brought in to examine the skull and th...

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