The Wild Blue (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1944-1945
- Setting: The United States, Italy, and Germany
- Principal Characters: George S. McGovern, Ralph “Bill” Rounds, Kenneth Higgins, Carroll Wilson “C. W.” Cooper, Isador Irving Seigal, William “Tex” Ashlock, Robert O’Connell, Mike Valko, William McAfee, Sam Adams, Marion Colvert, John B. Mills
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Europe or Europeans, 1940’s, World War II, Bombs, Armed forces, Italy or Italians, Airplanes or jets, Germany or German people
- Locales: United States, Germany, Italy
Given the time that has elapsed since the end of World War II, and the countless books that have been written about that conflict, one would think that little would be left to say about the subject. The Wild Blue was written as a means of correcting two errors in the collective popular memory of World War II. One concerns the prosecution of the air war by the United States and the other concerns a participant in that aspect of the war. Ironically, the book became the focus of criticism when it appeared that Ambrose had incorporated sections of other writers’ published works in...
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