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Battle Cry

By: Leon Uris
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
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Battle Cry is the riveting Marine epic by the bestselling author of such classics as Trinity and Exodus

Originally published in 1953, Leon Uris’s Battle Cry is the raw and exciting story of men at war from a legendary American author. This is the story of enlisted men - Marines at the beginning of World War II. They are a rough-and-ready tangle of guys from America’s cities and farms and reservations. Led by a tough veteran sergeant, these soldiers band together to emerge as part of one of the most elite fighting forces in the world. With staggering realism and detail we follow them into intense battles - Guadalcanal and Tarawa - and through exceptional moments of camaraderie and bravery, Battle Cry does not extol the glories of war, but proves itself to be one of the greatest war stories of all time.

©1953 Leon M. Uris (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Historical Fiction Fiction Solider War Military
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This novel does not portray men in a very good light (from a female's perspective, at least) - excessive drinking, gambling, smoking and womanising are depicted as being normal, and acceptable. The majority of males may find it entertaining but this does not make the behaviour acceptable, especially in today's society.
Further, I couldn't stomach some of the heroic exploits, which I found to be simply unbelievable. Too gung-ho for my taste.

Are heroic exploits of the US Marines exaggurated?

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An excellent Listen. Loved the pacing of this book. It's highs and lows scattered throughout. Intense battles contrasting the peaceful time of New Zealand. Allowing it's audience to see the growth of its characters, seeing the shifts over time in a slow realistic manner. Having so many characters, it is hard to flesh them all out. This book does an exceptional Job at seperating the individual from the soldier. Some parts wouldn't be seen as contextually appropriate if written in todays society; This is just a marginalised aspect. Overall I'd gladly reccomend to any Pacific WW2 enthusiast.

Battle Cry Review

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I read this book many years ago and loved it. A gritty war epic, it follows a group of raw recruits, from boot camp to the pacific campaign. It’s easy to become close to the characters as they train, fight, and drink their way through ww2

Finally listened to the audible and I’m trying to remember why I liked it so much. I had trouble listening to their encounters with women who they treated like trash; how the men who cheated on their women back home were just poor lonely boys, while the women they lay with were sluts.

The narrator was ok. The female voices were a bit whiny and the NewZealand accent was almost comical.

I made it through to the end and was glad I did. It made me realise how much I’d changed.

An old favourite that hasn’t aged well.

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I loved the story. Read the book a half dozen times in my youth.

The Audible version. Simply a travesty.

It was obvious the narrator didn’t even bother to do the minimalist of research on place name pronunciation.

Just lazy.

The complete destruction of the New Zealand and pacific place names.

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