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With the Old Breed
by E.B. Sledge
A Marine mortarman's memoir of Peleliu and Okinawa, written with restraint and horror. Considered the finest American combat memoir of the Second World War.
Read it if…
you want war without glorification.
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Skip it if…
you want strategy or politics.
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Three things you will actually use
- Endurance is the virtue.
- Dehumanization is the danger.
- Remember what it cost.
Do this first
Read the Peleliu landing.
Our verdict
The finest WWII memoir.
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