05-24-08, 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Excellent review!  I loved the book.
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Originally Posted by Subnuts
These criticisms certainly aren't unwarranted, though I have a hard time imaging that real life U-boat crewmen were stoic and fearless to the last man.
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Reminds me of a gamer's argument I once had. One guy said that Samurai never ran from a fight. The other said "What about when they fought other Samurai?" There's a line in a film or a book somewhere about people showing a brave face, something to the effect that we hide our fear because we're more afraid of being seen to be afraid than we are of dying.
I agree the film is quite faithful. They left out a couple of characters, like the replacement chief, but I think that was for the better in the long run.
@Dan D: Thanks for mentioning the other two books; I've heard about them, but have never found copies to read. I do intend to get a copy of his 'real' book, U-Boat War, which has a great many of the photographs he took while on patrol. |
U-Boat War is a great book, I have that one.
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