The war an intimate history, 1941-1945

The audio companion to the magnificent seven-part PBS seriesThe individuals featured in this audiobook are not historians or scholars. They are ordinary men and women who experienced-and helped to win-the most devastating war in history, in which between 50 to 60 million lives were lost. Focusing on...

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Main Author: Ward, Geoffrey C.
Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953-
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House Audio, 2007.
Edition:Abridged.
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Summary:The audio companion to the magnificent seven-part PBS seriesThe individuals featured in this audiobook are not historians or scholars. They are ordinary men and women who experienced-and helped to win-the most devastating war in history, in which between 50 to 60 million lives were lost. Focusing on the citizens of four towns-Luverne, Minnesota; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama-The War follows more than forty people from 1941 to 1945. Woven largely from their memories, the compelling, unflinching narrative unfolds month by bloody month, with the outcome always in doubt. The iconic events are here, but we also move among prisoners of war, defense workers and schoolchildren, and families who struggled simply to stay together. An intimate, profoundly affecting chronicle of the war that shaped our world, THE WAR captures the American experience of World War II through the words and deeds, thoughts and feelings of those who made history on the battlefields and on the home front.
Item Description:Abridged.
Physical Description:1 online resource (8 audio files) : digital
Playing Time:08:49:48
Format:Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 248763 KB).
ISBN:9781415943120
Author Notes:Geoffrey C. Ward is an author, historian, and screenwriter. He has written for numerous documentary films, and has won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Francis Parkman Prize, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.