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These two classic works capture the tide of world events even as they unfold the compelling tale of a single American family drawn into the very center of the war's maelstrom. The multimillion-copy bestsellers that capture all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of the Second World War -- and that constitute Wouk's crowning achievement -- are available for the first time in trade paperback.
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1,042 pages ; 24 cm
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From the Middle East, to Moscow, to Hitler's death camps, the members of the Henry family face grave danger as they fight in the Second World War.
The saga of the Henry family, begun in The Winds of War continues as America is attacked by Japan and enters World War II. Navy Captain Victor "Pug" Henry is now in command of a cruiser. Pug's son, Warren, is a naval aviator, and his son, Byron, is serving as a submarine officer. Pug and his wife, Rhonda,...
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Like no other novelist at work today, Herman Wouk has managed to capture the sweep of history in novels rich in character and alive with drama. In "The Hope," which opens in 1948 and culminates in the miraculous triumph of 1967's Six-Day War, Wouk plunges the reader into the story of a nation struggling for its birth and then its survival. As the tale resumes in "The Glory," Wouk portrays the young nation once again pushed to the brink of annihilation...
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