NAMES YOU NEVER REMEMBER, WITH FACES YOU NEVER FORGET: INTERVIEWS WITH THE MOVIES' CHARACTER ACTORS

NAMES YOU NEVER REMEMBER, WITH FACES YOU NEVER FORGET: INTERVIEWS WITH THE MOVIES' CHARACTER ACTORS

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NAMES YOU NEVER REMEMBER, WITH FACES YOU NEVER FORGET: INTERVIEWS WITH THE MOVIES' CHARACTER ACTORSNames compiles ten years worth of interviews with as many character actors. These are the supporting players who have made generations of moviegoers blurt out "I know that actor Who is that? Ive seen him a million times!" These actors identities have continually eluded most moviegoers. But their unforgettable faces and personalities are another story Included are exhaustive interviews with: R. G. Armstrong Burly, prolific western star A perennial

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Trying to distill WWll down to a little over 400 pages is a Herculean task but Mr. Kennedy does a serviceable job. He provides thumbnail sketches of the major players' personalities and tics. He does an admirable job of jumping back and forth between the European and Pacific theaters of operation, always keeping in mind America's POV in explaining how FDR and his staff dealt with their fractious, troublesome allies. He explains how the Rosie the riveter myth is pretty much a fabrication and how America's approach to manufacturing was able to out produce the German mode of war production: America going for Quantity vs. the German fixation with Quality. Lots interesting information and facts. There are areas where I thought he could have used more depth such as the death of FDR (probably no more than two pages.if that); Mussolini and Hitler's last hours are given mere paragraphs; Churchill being voted out of office just months shy of victory in Europe is given maybe two paragraphs and while he mentions how Tibetts went to the airplane factory to pick the future Enola Gay off the assembly line he gives short shrift the immensely expensive and technically complex challenge of building the A-bomb. Nor does Mr. Kennedy mention that when HST hinted to Stalin that America had an powerful new weapon Stalin was all ready aware of the activities going on at Trinity and of the Manhattan Project. Mr. Kennedy doesn't offer any new information or insights but this is a good, one-book overview, of the war.

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Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2014

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zorba

Carnegie, US

★★★★★ 4

Thorough But Easily Read Historical Account

Format: Paperback

I bought this book thinking it would be an account of civilian life in the U.S. during WWII. But I was surprised to see that it focused almost exclusively on the military campaigns and the decisions behind them. There was sporadic mention of life on the homefront, but mostly the book is a book about the war. Which is not a criticism. Kennedy deftly and thoroughly takes us through the war, outlines for us the challenges and opportunities and how the leaders of the affected nations developed their strategies. In addtion to the fine details of history, Kennedy writes in such a fashion that this book will probably appeal to the scholar and the layman with equal strength. As someone long in the tooth, I knew most of the history of WWII, but if you are younger and want a comprehensive, well-written history an epic period in world history, you could do a lot worse than read this compelling book.

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Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2010

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stageboss

Charlottesville, US

★★★★★ 5

Thought provoking

Format: Kindle

A insightful look at the American people and the world leaders of the second world war it's beginnings and after effects.

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Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2025

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Natrona Heights, US

★★★★★ 5

Excellent! Finally finished both Freedom from Fear Histories and, I feel that I should personally thank him. These were the tw

Format: Kindle

Excellent ! Thanks to David Kennedy for writing Freedom from Fear! The best 20th Century history ever. Now I must allocate the time to read again!!!

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Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2016