Theclassic,human-scaleaccountofthesoldierswhofoughtinWorldWarII,byPulitzerPrizewinnerErniePyle--America’smostfamousandmostlovedwarcorrespondent--featuringanewintroductionbyDavidChrisinger,theauthorofthenewErniePylebiography,TheSoldier’sTruthAPenguinClassicWhenAmericaenteredWorldWarII,ErniePylefollowedthesoldiersintothetrenches.Longbeforetelevisionandtheinternetbeamedcombatfootagedirectlytous,hisdispatchesfromthefrontlinesaugmentedthecoverageofthewar’spolitics,strategies,andmacro-levelmobilizationstogivetheAmericanpublicwhathecalledhis“worm’s-eyeview“oftheday-to-daylifeofthewar.Hecaptured,asJohnSteinbeckdescribeditinTimemagazine,the“warofthehomesick,weary,funny,violent,commonmenwhowashtheirsocksintheirhelmets,complainaboutthefood...andbringthemselvesthroughasdirtyabusinessastheworldhaseverseenanddoitwithhumoranddignityandcourage--andthatisErniePyle’swar.“Anumber-onebestselleruponitspublicationin1944,BraveMenremainsunmatchedinitsclarity,sympathy,andgritasaportraitofAmerica’sboyswhofoughtinEurope,andlivesonasatestamenttotheenduringvalueofembeddedjournalisminreportingthetruth.Formorethanseventy-fiveyears,PenguinhasbeentheleadingpublisherofclassicliteratureintheEnglish-speakingworld.Withmorethan2,000titles,PenguinClassicsrepresentsaglobalbookshelfofthebestworksthroughouthistoryandacrossgenresanddisciplines.Readerstrusttheseriestoprovideauthoritativetextsenhancedbyintroductionsandnotesbydistinguishedscholarsandcontemporaryauthors,aswellasup-to-datetranslationsbyaward-winningtranslators.
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