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A review by chelseamartinez
Victory by Carla Jablonski
3.0
This quote comes from the 2nd installment but is a theme in this final one:
"The Germans are going to win this war. And when they do, which side do you want to have been on?"
In this third book of the trilogy, this statement already looks incorrect, as it does to all of us with the benefit of hindsight. The great thing about these books is, in lines like this, you feel that sense of uncertainty that people, young and old, had, about the future in a way that is usually incomprehensible to me as a safe, 21st century American. These kinds of questions are the important ones for students to be asked to consider when they learn about history, though, and this volume does a good job of showing how "people like a winner" but that there are times (extended periods!) where the winner is not clear, and you have to rely on your principles to tell you who to align yourself with.
"The Germans are going to win this war. And when they do, which side do you want to have been on?"
In this third book of the trilogy, this statement already looks incorrect, as it does to all of us with the benefit of hindsight. The great thing about these books is, in lines like this, you feel that sense of uncertainty that people, young and old, had, about the future in a way that is usually incomprehensible to me as a safe, 21st century American. These kinds of questions are the important ones for students to be asked to consider when they learn about history, though, and this volume does a good job of showing how "people like a winner" but that there are times (extended periods!) where the winner is not clear, and you have to rely on your principles to tell you who to align yourself with.