num_pages: 256
description: Nobel laureate John Steinbeck's bracing from-the-frontlines account of World War II-now with a new cover and introduction** In 1943 John Steinbeck was on assignment for The New York Herald Tribune, writing from Italy and North Africa, and from England in the midst of the London blitz. In his dispatches he focuses on the human-scale effect of the war, portraying everyone from the guys in a bomber crew to Bob Hope on his USO tour and even fighting alongside soldiers behind enemy lines. Taken together, these writings create an indelible portrait of life in wartime.
language: English
title: Once There Was a War
titlecomplete: Once There Was a War
genres: Essays, American, Literature, Military Fiction, Classics, War, Nonfiction, History, World War II, Journalism
ratings_count: 3355
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd