The Winds of War A Novel Author:Herman Wouk Framed in this multi-paneled tale of voyages, battles, encounters, loves and disasters - and in the sharply controversial commentary of a German general, giving the view from the other side - "The Winds of War" encompasses the world conflict from the ominous rumblings of Hitler's Germany in 1939 to the end of 1941 and America's plunge into the w... more »ar. Vivid portraits of famous men - Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin among them - add an extra dimension of reality.« less