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De Tweede Wereldoorlog TrilogieReeks

Deze epische oorlogssaga volgt de ervaringen van Amerikaanse soldaten tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. De romans beelden de rauwe realiteit van het conflict uit, met een focus op hun innerlijke strijd, kameraadschap en verliezen tegenover onvoorstelbare brutaliteit. Deze werken bieden een diepgaand inzicht in menselijk doorzettingsvermogen en de prijs van oorlog, en duiken onder het oppervlak van grote veldslagen naar de persoonlijke drama's van individuen.

From Here to Eternity
La delgada línea roja
Whistle
The Thin Red Line

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    From Here to Eternity

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    Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941. Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion welterweight and a fine bugler. But when he refuses to join the company's boxing team, he gets "the treatment" that may break him or kill him. First Sgt. Milton Anthony Warden knows how to soldier better than almost anyone, yet he's risking his career to have an affair with the commanding officer's wife. Both Warden and Prewitt are bound by a common bond: the Army is their heart and blood . . .and, possibly, their death. In this magnificent but brutal classic of a soldier's life, James Jones portrays the courage, violence and passions of men and women who live by unspoken codes and with unutterable despair. . .in the most important American novel to come out of World War II, a masterpiece that captures as no ther the honor and savagery of men.

    From Here to Eternity
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    The Thin Red Line

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    On Guadalcanal in the south Pacific, the soldiers of C Company are about to enter the war. The men know they face their baptism of fire. But none know if they will be one of 'the lucky ones' to make it safely off the island.

    The Thin Red Line
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    Whistle

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    This third volume of a trilogy about World War II deals with the effects of the war on the lives of four soldiers.

    Whistle