Saturday, January 05, 2008

On... My War by Andy Rooney

Rooney's acerbic style, evident in his regular segment on 60 minutes, shows up in spades in this book.

He describes his experience as a army newspaperman during WWII and does not hold back his opinion. He comes right out and says that he holds no respect for General George Patton.

While I still prefer the rather more idealistic tone/view of Tom Brokaw's Greatest Generation I appreciate learning about the experience of another person who experienced this momentous series of events in world history.

The book is well written and interesting even though Rooney uses more--but appropraite--coarse language than I usually am comfortable with.

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