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A review by maxwelldunn
Fields of Battle: Pearl Harbor, the Rose Bowl, and the Boys Who Went to War by Brian Curtis
3.0
[3.5 stars]
This was definitely a very interesting book that falls outside of my usual reading. I'm glad I read it, but I can't say I loved it. I think at its core, this book is trying to do way too much, so you only get a very high-level look at each person and what they went through on the football field and in battle. Also I don't know that much or care too much about college football, so some of the parts about the games being played and how much detail is given was a bit irrelevant to me. I think I may have enjoyed this more as a documentary with interviews, footage or photos, etc. Nothing about this book was bad, by any means, I just don't know if the medium fit the story that well. Or perhaps if it had only focused on a few people and gone deeper following them from college to war and their return back to America, I may have been more invested.
This was definitely a very interesting book that falls outside of my usual reading. I'm glad I read it, but I can't say I loved it. I think at its core, this book is trying to do way too much, so you only get a very high-level look at each person and what they went through on the football field and in battle. Also I don't know that much or care too much about college football, so some of the parts about the games being played and how much detail is given was a bit irrelevant to me. I think I may have enjoyed this more as a documentary with interviews, footage or photos, etc. Nothing about this book was bad, by any means, I just don't know if the medium fit the story that well. Or perhaps if it had only focused on a few people and gone deeper following them from college to war and their return back to America, I may have been more invested.