The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945
- ISBN-10
- 0307262839
- ISBN-13
- 9780307262837
- Series
- The War
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 451
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Authors
- Ken Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward
Description
Highlighted by more than four hundred maps, photographs, and illustrations, a companion volume to the fall 2007 PBS television series chronicles the American experience of World War II, both on the battlefields and on the home front, as chronicled in the voices and experiences of ordinary men and women from four towns across the country, from 1941 to 1945. 650,000 first printing.
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- 2022-07-12
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