James Greer

Echos of My Father

Revisado: 01-10-24

My dad never talked about his time on Saipan, so books like this have to suffice. this was an excellent examination of a horrible battle. it was easy to follow, and ended with a somber reminder that even after the war is over, the battles sometimes never end.

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Fitting Conclusion

Revisado: 10-13-20

I've read the entire trilogy, and enjoyed it. Toll has a way of personalizing great events, and making the human side matter. He even seems to find new insights into people and places that have been thoroughly examined. This was a fitting conclusion to a series well worth the time of any reader, be they new to the subject or, like me, having read nearly 50 books about the Pacific War.

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Erratic

Revisado: 08-20-20

I've read Mr. Levin's work for years, and enjoyed it. He writes well, is accessible to the average reader and seems evenhanded in his approach. Yet, this audio presentation left me often shaking my head.

There is much to like, much that provoked thought, and introspection. Points of agreement are plentiful. He seems transfixed on one particular notion, which left me dissatisfied - that institutioms form and shape us, and give us deeper meaning. We are citizens of overlapping social constructs that help us, often involuntarily, to understand our roles and responsibilities.

Sure thing. Mr. Levin never really addresses one of life's issues in what is wrong with institutions in general. He does not examine, more than in passing, what the incentives are for people to behave in ways they do. Reform is impossible until incentives are.examined. All the altruistic hopes are misplaced if the driving force toward something overcomes the noble aspiration.

This was a fine book, well read in the Audinle version. It didn't provoke me to an epiphany I can embrace.

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Thanks, on behalf of our Dad

Revisado: 05-09-20

I grew up the son of a 4th Division Marine. He, like one of the named characters in this book, landed with the assault waves on D-day at Iwo Jima, and left the island when it was secured with a singular injury - a cut on his hand from a can opener. This book, and the reading by the author, have animated for me many of the stories he found himself unable to tell. Thank you, for bringing to me a glimpse of things about him I would have never known, and for helping another generation of Americans to remember the fallen, and the men who came home to carry on without their friends.

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Brilliant

Revisado: 04-21-19

This is one of the finest books on the Apollo program I've read. Don't miss it.

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Beautifully written, masterfully read.

Revisado: 06-10-18

I discovered this author accidentally. I will gladly read anything he writes. I've read 30 some books about the Pacific War. This is one of the best written. The author's sense of humor, and especially his sense of irony, make the reading enjoyable. The reader is faithful not just to the words, but also to their intent. Great read... Listen.

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