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Title: The Gentle Infantryman by W. Y. Boyd ISBN: 1-58619-048-2 Publisher: Elton-Wolf Publishing Pub. Date: August, 2003 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $12.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.82 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: WWII novel for everyone
Comment: The Gentle Infantryman details the journey of one young replacement soldier across the carnage of the Western Front during the later stages of WWII. It depicts one young man's struggle to overcome his limitations as he faces death, weather and fear during the winter of 1944-1945. This book gives an eminently readable and personal face to history recently documented by Stephen Ambrose in Citizen Soldiers. Boyd not only details the coming of age of one young soldier, but he also touches on themes such as the courage, comradeship and the universality of man that have been explored by authors such as Crane and Remarque. As a history major I would recommend this book to anyone who desires to read more about an period of history from a perspective that is not often voiced. This should be required reading in order to help those who were not there understand the sacrifices put forth by another generation fifty years ago.
Rating: 5
Summary: Gentle Infantryman no fiction
Comment: This is the best book about the WW2 combat soldier I've ever read. The information is historically accurate and exacting in detail, told with a true storyteller's memory and eye for a good yarn. The fact that the author experienced WW2 in Europe gives you the feeling that he is writing his own life story. The story is neither sentimental nor maudlin, nor is it gritty; it is realistic. Easy to read, it makes you proud to be an American and will leave you with immense respect for the "Greatest Generation." A must for every WW2 historian.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Gentle Infantryman
Comment: A very moving look into the fragile psyche
of soldiers in combat. I couldn't put it down from the first page until the end, and I strongly recommend it to young soldiers and junior leadership in the armed forces today. Not only is it historically accurate, it is a testament to the strength of the human emotion and the bonds of friendship during war.
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Title: A Rendezvous With Death by W. Y. Boyd, Bill Boyd ISBN: 1586190466 Publisher: Elton-Wolf Publishing Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Marine: A Novel of War From Guadalcanal to Korea by James Brady ISBN: 0312291426 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors : The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour by James D. Hornfischer ISBN: 0553802577 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Last Citadel: A Novel of the Battle of Kursk by DAVID L. ROBBINS ISBN: 0553801775 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Retreat, Hell by W. E. B. Griffin ISBN: 0399150811 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 05 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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