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Still, he concludes, "This is the greatest generation any society has produced." Brokaw's motives in writing the book seem heartfelt. Walking the beaches in Normandy in 1984 with American veterans while preparing an NBC television documentary on the 40th anniversary of D-Day, he "underwent a life-changing experience," he reports.
Dec 1, 1998 · In this superb book, Tom Brokaw goes out into America, to tell through the stories of individual men and women the story of a generation, America's citizen heroes and heroines who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America. This generation was united not only by a common purpose, but ...
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In this superb book, Tom Brokaw goes out into America, to tell through the stories of individual men and women the story of a generation, America's citizen heroes and heroines who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America. This generation was united not only by a common purpose, but ...
May 1, 2001 · The Greatest Generation Collection. $33.11. (16) Only 1 left in stock - order soon. The instant classic that changed the way we saw World War II and an entire generation of Americans, from the beloved journalist whose own iconic career has lasted more than fifty years. In this magnificent testament to a nation and her people, Tom Brokaw brings ...
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The Greatest Generation is a 1998 book by journalist Tom Brokaw [1] [2] that profiles those who grew up in the United States during the deprivation of the Great Depression and then went on to fight in World War II as well as those whose productivity within the home front during World War II made a decisive material contribution to the war ...
About The Greatest Generation. Read Tom Brokaw’s The Greatest Generation in Large Print. * All Random House Large Print Editions are published in 16-point type “In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the fortieth anniversary of D-Day, the massive and daring Allied invasion of Europe that marked the beginning of the end of ...
