E.M. Nathanson
Paperback | Pages: 541 pages Rating: 4 | 919 Users | 72 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Dirty Dozen (Dirty Dozen) |
| Author | : | E.M. Nathanson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 541 pages |
| Published | : | July 1967 by Dell Book (first published 1965) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. War. Military Fiction. World War II |
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This is one of the rare books where I went from the movie to the book. I liked the movie: but I would not have, had I read the book before. The movie was basically a military adventure with an interesting premise - the novel, a deep study in character development.(view spoiler)[In the movie, while the mission is shown in detail, in the book it is just an appendix - a sudden and shocking denouement which totally wrong-foots the reader. (hide spoiler)]
Twelve convicted criminals of the US Army are trained and unleashed on Nazi Germany in what is practically a suicide mission, as a final chance of redemption. They are lead by Captain Reisman, the only non-criminal in the group, who is initially sceptical but ultimately comes to love his men. The story does not focus so much on military adventure, but the psychology of individuals - however heinous the crimes they may have committed. Against the backdrop of the biggest crime on humanity, war, it becomes all the more significant.
A great read.
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| Original Title: | Dirty Dozen |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dirty Dozen |
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Ratings: 4 From 919 Users | 72 ReviewsNotice Of Books The Dirty Dozen (Dirty Dozen)
I liked it. Easy to pick back up and continue on. I really enjoyed the character development. I will recommend this one.This is the book that the movie was based on. The movie is one of my favorites, with an all star cast including Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas and Donald Sutherland. I couldn't help imagining the actors portraying the characters in the book as the story unfolded. The basic premise is set in WWII and 12 condemned Army prisoners, facing either a death sentence or long sentences are chosen to be trained for a pre-D-Day mission behind enemy lines. The book emphasizes different characters
Excellent book. I liked the way we get introduced to the characters and how I started caring for them despite their background. However if I had not first seen the movie, and to be honest, it is one of my favorite movies I would have never picked up the book.I was surprised by the richness of character as well as the details of the book that helped me to better dive in the period.Highly recommendable.
I've been wanting to read this for years, since I first saw the film back in high school, so of course I was delighted to discover it's available on kindle at last.An excellent book, same basic beats as the film but the characters and much of the details are changed, not to mention a somewhat different ending (I'm torn on whether I found it satisfying or not).
Nathansons book is a page turner for fans of war novels. He painstakingly researched all aspects of military weapons, tactics, and organizations in writing the book and generally was extremely accurate. His research is evident, but falls short on actual military training and maneuvers. His characters use many military tropes. He has the southern racist, the Indian warrior, the leader, who is versed on every tactic and method by all special ops troops, and the girlish - closeted - not closeted
This is one of the rare books where I went from the movie to the book. I liked the movie: but I would not have, had I read the book before. The movie was basically a military adventure with an interesting premise - the novel, a deep study in character development.(view spoiler)[In the movie, while the mission is shown in detail, in the book it is just an appendix - a sudden and shocking denouement which totally wrong-foots the reader. (hide spoiler)]Twelve convicted criminals of the US Army are
This is a fictional World War II story about a commando raid by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). The OSS used American army personnel who had committed heinous crimes that resulted in them being either condemned to death or long prison sentences to carry-out this mission. The men would be eligible for a reprieve if they performed well and survived the mission. The mission was very dangerous and to carried out behind enemy lines in France just prior to the Normandy invasion. While the
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