"The Good War": An Oral History of World War IIClassic · History, Nonfiction, War
"The Good War": An Oral History of World War II
1984 · 589 pages · Nonfiction
64
Classic
★ 4.30 on Goodreads · 5K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 15 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (1985). 4.30★ from 5K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
64Must-Read Score
- Readers89 out of 100 · counts 40%+40
- Critics67 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+24
- Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Won
- Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) winner (1985)
Reads as
True story
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