by Herman Wouk
First published 1992
Victor Henry watches his family scatter across a world at war. His son Byron serves aboard submarines in the Pacific while his wife Rhoda drifts toward another man in Washington. His other son Warren flies Navy fighters until Pearl Harbor changes everything. Natalie Jastrow, Byron's wife, finds herself trapped in Europe with her infant son as the Holocaust unfolds around them. From the corridors of power where Victor advises military leaders to the concentration camps where survival depends on daily choices, each member of the Henry clan faces impossible decisions. The war tears at every relationship and tests every loyalty. As battles rage from Midway to Stalingrad, the Henrys discover that victory and defeat mean different things to different people. This conclusion to the Winds of War saga reveals how ordinary families endure when civilization itself hangs in the balance.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, war, military-fiction
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Pacific, Washington, Europe, Midway, Stalingrad
Period: World War II
1382 pages · Library Binding · Demco Media
Content warnings: war