War And Remembrance

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Publisher: William Collins Australia P/L
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 1978
Edition: First Edition

Description: 1042 pages. Jacket is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. Book is in Very good condition throughout. This Is A Historical Romance. The Subject Is World War II, The Viewpoint American.

Publishers Description: War and Remembrance is a historical romance. The subject is World War II, the veiwpoint American.A prologue, The Winds of War published in 1971, set the historical frame for this work by picturing the events leading up to Pearl Harbour. This is a novel of America at war, from Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima.It is the main tale I had to tell. While I naturally hope that some readers, even in this rushed age, will find the time for both novels, War and Remembrance is a story in itself, and can be read without the prologue.The theme of both novels is single. The last words of Viktor Henrys commentary on the Battle of Leyte Gulf give it plainly enough:"Either war is finished, or we are."I have put this theme in the colours and motion of the fiction art, so that "he who runs may read," and remember what happened in the worst world catastrophe. As to the history in both tales, I trust that knowing readers will find it has been presented responsibly and with care.These two linked novels tend to one conclusion: that war is an old habit of thought, an old frame of mind, an old political technique, that must now pass as human sacrifice and human slavery have passed. I have faith that the human spirit will prove equal to the long heavy task of ending war. Agaisnt the pessimistic mood of our time, I think that the human spirit——for all its dark side that I here portray——is in essence heroic. The adventures narrated in this romance aim to show that essence in action.The beginning of the end of War lies in Remembrance.

ISBN: 0002224941