The Winds of War is a novel written by Herman Wouk. Released in 1971, it is the first part of Wouk's World War II duology and recounts the beginning of World War II and its impact on an American family.
Characters[]
- Victor "Pug" Henry
- Armin von Roon
- Alistair Talcott "Talky" Tudsbury
- Pamela Tudsbury
- Commodore Grobke
- Winston Churchill
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Benito Mussolini
- Adolf Hitler
- Joseph Stalin
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Publisher's summary[]
Like no other masterpiece of historical fiction, Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II is the great novel of America's Greatest Generation.
Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events, as well as all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of World War II, as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family drawn into the very center of the war's maelstrom.
The Winds of War and its sequel War and Remembrance stand as the crowning achievement of one of America's most celebrated storytellers.
See also[]
| Title | Author | Release date | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Caine Mutiny | Herman Wouk | 1947 | Wouk's first novel set within World War II |
| Gravity's Rainbow | Thomas Pynchon | 1973 | Another major novel about World War II |
| Europe Central | William T. Vollmann | 2005 | Another major novel about World War II |
Sources[]
- Goodreads
- Wikipedia