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A review by ralphz
Fields of Battle: Pearl Harbor, the Rose Bowl, and the Boys Who Went to War by Brian Curtis
3.0
It's a nice idea but this book isn't what I was hoping for.
It seemed like it was going to be about the buildup to the 1942 Rose Bowl, which was moved out of Pasadena because of the fear that Japan would invade any day. In the end, Oregon State and Duke played in North Carolina and provided some semblance of normalcy.
I expected a long buildup and finally the game, with an epilogue or a couple of chapters about what happened to the participants after. Instead, we're done with the game before you know it (all in one chapter), and the rest of it is a history of some of the major battles of World War II. Some of them don't even have a connection (or have a tenuous connection) to any of the players or coaches.
I expected something different, more about the teams' seasons and conflicts. There are some good stories about the men in the war here, but it wasn't the best book on WWII that I've ever read.
It seemed like it was going to be about the buildup to the 1942 Rose Bowl, which was moved out of Pasadena because of the fear that Japan would invade any day. In the end, Oregon State and Duke played in North Carolina and provided some semblance of normalcy.
I expected a long buildup and finally the game, with an epilogue or a couple of chapters about what happened to the participants after. Instead, we're done with the game before you know it (all in one chapter), and the rest of it is a history of some of the major battles of World War II. Some of them don't even have a connection (or have a tenuous connection) to any of the players or coaches.
I expected something different, more about the teams' seasons and conflicts. There are some good stories about the men in the war here, but it wasn't the best book on WWII that I've ever read.