The story starts off in a small Louisiana town introducing high school grads and wanna be-s, all dreaming of better, more interesting futures. They don't know the old Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times." The boys' American pride compels them to seek revenge after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. None of them have lived long enough to really understand what that means or even who they are as individual men yet. That doesn't stop them from performing their duty and joining up with visions of heroism in their heads. The story explains how this affects all the others involved whether they join or are left behind. But the boys quickly become men once they hit foreign shores. I felt the conversations were a bit lurching, and the battles extremely bloody. But this is a story that repeats itself over and over each time a new war in the name of American Democracy is declared. Perhaps one day, we'll learn, as these men do upon returning home.
An advanced copy of this book was provided for an honest review.
An advanced copy of this book was provided for an honest review.
