The Winds of War first came onto my radar when my stepfather, Paul Zuydhoek, mentioned that it was the best book he had ever read. Over the course of reading Wouk's book, I felt as if I came know all of these characters personally, and I eventually found myself rationing the number of pages that I would read each night, as if to forestall having to say goodbye. Captain Henry has two sons battling in the Pacific, a Jewish daughter-in-law trapped behind enemy lines in Germany, a wife who is cheating on him, and a lover whom he is forced to leave on the snowy streets of Moscow. In classic Tolstoy fashion, the novel has an exhaustive list of characters. The book follows the lives and adventures of a Navy captain, Pug Henry, and his extended family during World War II. Despite the fact that the novel is nearly 1,000 pages long, I tore through it at lightning speed.
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