The Big War

by Anton Myrer

Book Overview

They were our husbands, our fathers, our lovers, our sons. They were Americans and Marines. And this is their story: The Big War, Anton Myrer's panoramic novel of Marines in the Pacific in World War... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060934735
• ISBN13: 9780060934736
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

An amazing novel of war and it's horrors

In "the Big War" Anton Myrer has brought the truth about war into plain sight. This book should be required reading for those non-vets who are placed into positions from which they can send young people into the horrors of places like the Pacific islands in WWII and Iraq in our own time. War is criminal, and to think that our youngsters are being killed and maimed as we sit on our self-satisfied butts and watch tv is appalling. Myrer has written a clear-eyed view of what war really is, and deserves much more credit than he has received thus far.

Retired high schoolecher.

This is the first WWII book I've read that really puts you in the jungle warefare of the Pacific. Excellent read!!!

The Big War

Like all Myrer's books, an excellent literary adventure. But, be sure to have a dictionary near by, as nearly every page a new, unfamiliar word pops up! If you like war stories and interesting characters, as well as good writing, you'll like this book.

Absolutely perfect, real, sad and true.

Myrer's "Big War" is a true-color picture of the cruelty and sorrow which can be brought only by war. Perfectly written, very impressive and worth reading.