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"The Good War": An Oral History of World War II
First edition
AuthorStuds Terkel
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreMilitary history
PublisherPantheon Books
Publication date
1984
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages589
ISBN0-394-53103-5
OCLC10753607
Dewey Decimal
940.54/1273/0922 B 19
LC ClassD811.A2 G58 1984

"The Good War": An Oral History of World War II (1984) is an oral history of World War II compiled by Studs Terkel. The work received the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.

"The Good War" consists of a series of interviews with various men and women from across the globe who directly experienced the events leading up to, including, and following the Second World War.

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