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A 4 page book report of the Pulitzer-prize winning author’s 1978 World War II novel. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
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Herman Wouk who fought and lived an experience that would become the defining moment in their lives that catastrophic war is never far from their hearts and minds. Wouk,
a Jewish-born author, prominently featured World War II in his Pulitzer-prize winning novel, The Caine Mutiny (1951) and The Winds of War (1971) returned to the front one last time
in War and Remembrance (1978), the eagerly anticipated sequel to The Winds of War (Kister 2137). The Winds of War commenced just prior to the Nazis September 1939 invasion
of Poland and ends on the beaches of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, and War and Remembrance effortlessly picks up where the tale left off and concludes with the Japanese
surrender to the Allies in August 1945. Despite its label as a sequel, War and Remembrance stands on its own as an impressive narrative of war and its consequences
as seen through the eyes of one man, stalwart U.S. Navy veteran Victor "Pug" Henry, and experienced by his family (Kister 2137). It becomes readily apparent that Henry is intended
to be Wouks literary alter ego, a man of principles and patriotism who is the embodiment of everything the U.S. Navy stands for. When Pug was about to resume
command of the U.S.S. California, he was, in a sense, home: "The iron deck underfoot felt good. The pungent harbor breeze smelled good. This was Pug Henrys world,
the clean square world of big warships, powerful machinery, brisk young sailors, heavy guns, and the sea" (Wouk 3). However, this was just one calm before many storms awaiting
Pug, and he will soon witness the sinking of this ship and become reassigned to another, the U.S.S. Northampton. It is evident from the novels first few pages that
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