Battle Songs: A Story of the Korean War in Four Movements - Historical War Book for Military History Enthusiasts & Students - Perfect for Research, Education & War Story Collection
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Sing, Sing Battle Songs!So begins the story of four young men drafted to fight in Korea in the early 1950s, taking with them a legacy of conflict and violence that prevails to this day. Inducted from mining and farming communities in rural Pennsylvania, each must confront the absurdity of battle within the framework of his own identity in an effort to understand a war that remains unresolved more than a half century later. Told from four perspectives, this novel contrasts the horrors of the battlefield with accounts of mid-twentieth century life in an overlooked part of America--a world far different on the surface from the one young people know in the strife-torn opening years of the 21st Century. At the same time, it evokes lingering questions about how combat on distant shores can interface with individual lives at home.
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Paul Zolbrod’s Battle Songs is a fast-paced, readable account of young men growing up in the coal mining area of Western Pennsylvania and their subsequent experiences as soldiers in the Korean War. It’s eerily relevant to the societal problems facing the U.S. today. Zolbrod creates believable characters who get caught up in proving their manhood through violent acts and defending a country led by flawed leaders. An afterword by the author notes that the Walt Whitman lines sprinkled throughout this novel point to the poet’s “growing recognition that all told war’s grim toll overshadows the heroics of individuals.”
