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My War

Name: My War
Author: Andy Rooney
ISBN: 9781586481599

by Andy Rooney, Tom Brokaw

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Overview

My War is a blunt, funny, idiosyncratic account of Andy Rooney's World War II. As a young, naïve correspondent for The Stars and Stripes, Rooney flew bomber missions, arrived in France during the D-Day invasion, crossed the Rhine with the Allied forces, traveled to Paris for the Liberation, and was one of the first reporters into Buchenwald. Like so many of his generation, Rooney's life was changed forever by the war. He saw life at the extremes of human experience, and wrote about what he observed, making it real to millions of men and women. My War is the story of an inexperienced kid learning the craft of journalism. It is by turns moving, suspenseful, and reflective. And Rooney's unmistakable voice shines through on every page.

One of America's favorite commentators writes a moving, funny, and highly evocative account of his life as an Army private and Stars and Stripes reporter during World War II. Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe, My War features endpapers showing dispatches and photos taken during the war.

Synopsis

The New York Times, USA Today, Book Sense, and Publishers Weekly bestseller, now in paperback in time for the holidays

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Opinionated, very funny, immensely entertaining.

About the Author, Andy Rooney

Andy Rooney is a nationally syndicated columnist and a regular commentator on 60 Minutes. He is the author of numerous best-selling books. He lives in Rowayton, Connecticut.

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With his usual unique style, 60 Minutes commentatort Rooney brings us a memoir of his days as a reporter for Stars and Stripes during World War II. He wound up covering the air war in Europe, the D-Day invasion, the struggle to liberate occupied France, the discovery of Hitler's concentration camps, and the culmination of the war in the Far East. My War is a moving but still quite humorous account of those often difficult days and the rigorous on-the-job journalistic training he received "over there."

Dallas Morning News

A surprisingly eloquent and sensitive memoir. Rooney recreates the events he witnessed—some dramatic, some humorous, and some so gut-wrenchingly awful that he could not bring himself to write about them until now.

Washington Post

Vividly reported.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Vintage Rooney.

Chicago Tribune

Thoughtful, witty and moving...Rooney writes about the war he saw with wit, wisdom and a down-to-earth lack of sentimentality.

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Opinionated, very funny, immensely entertaining.

Publishers Weekly

Rooney (Not That You Asked), commentator on 60 Minutes, here with sardonic self-effacement relates how he became a notable combat journalist in WWII, a war he calls "the ultimate experience for anyone in it.'' For the Army newspaper Stars and Stripes, he covered the air war over Germany, the D-Day invasion of Normandy and the Allied drive into Germany. Rooney's simple, ruminative style—"The long slow death spiral of a bomber with its crew on board is a terrible thing to see''—grips the reader as he describes famous events of the war: the liberation of Paris, the Battle of the Bulge, the stirring union of American and Russian troops at the German town of Torgau on the Elbe. The author states that "This is a memoir, not a history book,'' and he goes on to say that though he checked his facts in writing it, he assumes that when they conflict with memory, the facts must be wrong.

Library Journal

Sixty Minutes commentator Rooney recalls his World War II army experiences.

Booknews

Rooney, a popular television commentator, gives a moving and instructive account of coming of age during WWII. He tells of his works as a combat reporter during the war, with , the military newspaper for the GIs. He gives readers a ground level view of the pettiness and glories of a mighty military machine, the terrible costs of combat, the constant presence of humor, and the ordinary people who saved the world from becoming the province of a madman. Includes b&w historical photos of and by Rooney. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)