The Best War Ever By Michael C. B. Adams

The non-fiction article, “Children of War” by Arthur Brice is about four children who were forced to flee war and relocate to the U.S. First off, children in warzones are not a big part of what caused the wars, but are still heavily, negatively affected. For many, life was great and jolly for children before times of war, but when war came about it changed their lives, they lived in fear and terror. They lost family, money, and most devastating, their homes. So they were forced to flee, to many countries around the world, but ultimately they came to the United States. At first life was tricky in the U.S, they struggled with language, culture, and homesickness. Although these teens are living in the U.S today, they hope to go back to their

The Best War Ever: America and World War II, written by Michael C.C. Adams tries to eliminate the many delusions of WWII. The book speaks up on the best war fought by the United States and it states that World War II is the best war out of all of the wars. Throughout the book, negative and positive information is mostly stated about past events and this particular event: World War II.

Denis Cooper was a very interesting man and had many unbelievable stories from experience in the war and was always willing to talk about them. There was an abundant amount of information that went down to the tiniest detail thanks to his letters home, his willingness to talk about his battle experiences, and him being a Bryn Athyn man with many other people giving information about him. Also, his kids were very intrigued of their father in the war so they supplied lots of information he told them. Denis’s stories were so interesting, including the fact that he was so close to dying one time and it was a miracle just for him to be alive. This paper will include his childhood and personal information, his involvement in the war and what he

World War Two really was the greatest war ever! Who could forget about the brave soldiers that died ever so gloriously? What about the way that we went from the worst economy in American history back to relative economic normality? And most importantly, how could anyone ever forget about the unity that arose on the home front from this foreign crisis? World War Two did have its glamorous points, but we must never forget about some of the horrors that emerged. The citizens of the United States of America have a distorted memory of the war and this has led them to a misleading legacy. The negatives of this long and deadly war are often overlooked for the sake of military glory and pride. In the book The Best War Ever by professor

The stories of 47 Americans and their contribution to World War II as well as the struggles they faced were written down and shared through this book. Tom Brokaw, the author, shared some of their memories, dreams they had, their jobs, and how the war affected each of them personally. This book exposed this generation's remarkable bravery, their patriotism, and their accomplishments. Along with that, similar personal values, goals (both spoken and unspoken), and personality traits were shared between many of them. This particular group of Americans were modest people who often put the needs of others before their own.

When narrating his story, Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby feels “within and without” by what is happening with him (Fitzgerald 40). It may be not a common feeling to the majority, but not a unique feeling among writers either. Tim O’Brien in his short story How to Tell a True War Story also encountered it. This ambiguous feeling is portrayed near the end of his story, “Often in a true war story there is not even a point, or else the point doesn’t hit you until twenty years later, in your sleep, and you wake up and shake your wife and start telling the story to her, except when you get to the end, you forgotten the point again” (78). Tim O’Brien was both an insider- a soldier and an outsider- a listener and a stories-collector. That position gave him an exclusive perspective of telling “a true war story” (78). A true war story is never simple and straightforward, but always complex and contracted. It is covered by multi-layered meanings that require a long time to unwrap.

Tim O’Brien is a famous ‘war’ writer. He is the author of “How to Tell a True War Story.” The study of this short story provides a profound insight into why he wrote the book. The study of his background reveals insights into the actual purpose of this story (Kenison). In particular, his background explains why the book was written in an ambiguous manner. The ambiguity of the story is clearly seen in the choice of characters, the tone, as well as the irony. After reading this story, it becomes clear that the characters, tone, and irony all relate to the author’s personal experience in Vietnam War. Tim O’Brien was one of the American soldiers who participated in the prolonged Vietnam War. He used his experienced after the war to write this story in an ambiguous form.

America endured a financial emergency because of the Incomparable Sorrow that came about to a huge number of jobless and Devastated American Subjects. This occasion influenced America in a huge scale as well as the world. Presently, World War II was the Assembled States arousing to end up the world's most capable and compelling nation that outperforms the known powers ever. Despite the fact that different nations abhorred the sudden appearance of that American power, it profited their kindred residents and the mankind, and furthermore profited other nation, and our Reality's wellbeing. Despite the fact that innumerable lives where lost, its sudden ascent denotes the proceeded with peace after world war II, and furthermore after the frosty war that was dove as a substitute clashes. World War II is a war which Americans raises their

World War 2 was a huge turning point in history, that fixed most of the things related to wars that World War 1 was supposed to do but did not. There were many differences between the attitude of the US in World War 1, and their attitude in World War 2, mainly due to what happened in between the wars. Unlike World War 1, the second World War, was not about proving a point in the American’s case, but instead revenge for what had happened in between. In the process, the attitude of the American people towards war changed dramatically from the end of World War 1, to the end of World War 2.

For an event, which has impacted a whole generation to fight a war, Pearl Harbor does not always hold up to the word infinity. In the past seventy years there have been countless books, articles and movies written about World War Two and Pearly Harbor. Each book brings a different approach to the impact of Pearl and how it has impacted the world since. In the book, The Best War Ever, by Michael Adams, and A Date Which Will Live, by Emily Rosenberg both tackle the issues of memory after the war and myths, which have been, proceed by the war. In smaller circles school newspaper is a good source to study to see how one school remembers events such as Pearl Harbor and the memory of it.

The Second World War was history’s most brutal conflict ever witnessed over the course of mankind. The conflict bred a whole sleuth of technological innovations, death and destruction, large scale genocides, and completely reshaped the world afterwards. It set the path for a prolonged nuclear arms race between capitalist and communist countries and had huge implications for third world countries that are still affected by the events of the war today. Of all the fronts of the war; whether it is the Pacific Theatre, which pitted the Allies against the fanatical and suicidal Japanese army or Western Europe with the Allied invasion of Normandy and Operation Overlord. However, no front of the war proved to be more costly and devastating than the

Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938 is an alluring analysis of America's outside approach of World War II to the Gulf War. The author, Stephen E. Ambrose, received a Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin. He is known for his accomplished writing. He has written fifteen books on military history, foreign policy, and quite a few biographies on our own past United States presidents. Besides his career as an author, Ambrose has taught several history classes at various locations such as the Naval War College, Kansas State University, and the University of New Orleans. He was born in Decatur, Illinois where he received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin and M.A from Louisiana State University. This ninth version of Rise to Globalism was updated and upgraded by Douglas Brinkley, a more youthful teacher of History at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Douglas Brinkley was conceived in 1960, and is the writer of a lot of books, including The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Journey Beyond the White House (1999), Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War (distributed in 2004), and The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America (2009). Douglas Brinkley is likewise a History analyst for CBS News. In 1993, Rise to Globalism, was published by Penguin Books in New York, New York. It observes the relationship between America and the other remains of the world, composed in chronological order and by U.S. presidents.

“The world must know what happened, and never forget.” (World War 2) General Eisenhower reflecting upon the world war II, and acknowledging it as a pertinent event in the history of the United States of America. War is war, it is not pretty or humane, but what it is, is a diplomatic way in which to settle disputes and aggressions between countries. By analyzing these wars of the past, the people of the country can learn many things, be it mistakes made by one side, strategy from someone else or battle field etiquette. And it is through this analysis that the human race is able to further itself to not repeat the mistakes made by their ancestors. There are many lessons to be learned from looking at the

World War II, the largest global war, was discussed during class. Starting with the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939, the Axis powers intended to conquer the entire world. However, with United States being one of the major nations, the Allies eventually defeated the Axis powers. Based on our study, there are many lessons we can learn from World War II. Two lessons that we can learn are to stop a problem before it gets too big and the fact that a great commander is pivotal.

The Art of War was known as the most famous book of two past two millennia. The author of the book, Sun Tzu was a Chinese general, military strategist and a philosopher who lived in China. The Art of War by Sun Tzu presents the best philosophy of warfare which manages conflicts and how to win the battles. This book is published and translated internationally. There are numerous theories considering the text of his theories. It not only includes philosophies, the, most important and famous military treatise in Asia for the past two thousand years are believed to be under the guidance of his text, The Art of War. Sun Tzu’s (the author of the book) this book is considered to be the best single book ever written on