Battle Cry

St. Bart's 2016 #1 - Excellent read......took me forever to read it, but that was my fault, not the book's. A haunting realness to this.....1st book I have read that felt like a small window had been opened to me about serving in the military.....the thrill, the horror, the pain, the camaraderie, the commitment, the fear, the losses, the loves, ..the sense of family, and the strength and compassion of the leaders....and more......I mean I've read war novels aplenty, but this felt different. More appreciative than ever for those who willingly offer themselves for service.....thank you, thank you, thank you......I don't think I could do it......but then again after reading this.....I'm not sure anyone truly feels they could.....but they show more do.....proudly. The genuine humanity of these guys sent to do very unpleasant things is inspiring. Written by one who was really there gives it a great feel of authenticity...thank you, Mr. Uris. show less

Leon Uris was a very popular author in his day, and his South Pacific War novel was very popular, indeed. It reads well, and has been frequently reprinted since its orignal arrival in 1953. There are gory bits, and the effect seems very realistic, though not quite so gripping as "The naked and the Dead" by Norman Mailer. Still well worth the reading.

Still one of the best written books of war out there. It's aged well, though the movie hasn't. Uris' characters are a believable composite of Americans. The situations and stories are really vingettes and while not as overly harsh as combat situations are, they do convey the right amount of fear, conditions, and the different human reactions that different individuals would likely have.

Given its age, the omission of true Marine vocabulary (4 letter words as a base for all others) isn't surprising, but you have to wonder what it would read like if written by today's accepted standards.

Still and excellent and patriotic read of how humans behave under the stress of war.

I read this book in the ninth grade, it was the first book I picked up of Leon Uris...I fell in love with each and every character in the story. The man has a gift for taking all these lives and building a intertwining, lyrical story that leaves a person aching at the end. At least for me. I cried, and in telling the tale to my sisters, she cried. Powerful stuff people.

Here's what I wrote after reading in 1990: "Great reading! An engaging tale of young men (boys, really) brought together in a Marine Battalion in WWII. It was disappointing that Uris only decided to save, unmaimed, the all-American boy, Danny Forrester." Honestly, I don't at all recall reading this. But, I do remember the book's cover. . .

3288. Battle Cry, by Leon M. Uris (read Jan 23, 2000) I heard this recently described as one of the 3 great war books to come out of World War II, so I thought I'd read it. The Naked and the Dead, From Here to Eternity, and The Caine Mutiny are all better books than is this book, however. But the book catches one up, and the accounts of fighting on Guadacanal, Tarawa, and Saipan really are riveting--especially Saipan, with which the book ends. The only other things I have read by Uris are Trinity and Exodus, and this book is far better than those two works. I think this is Uris' first book, and I suspect it is his best, tho that doesn't say too much, IMHO.

Kanske aldrig mer (Battle Cry) är en bok från 1953 författad av Leon Uris och är hans delvis självbiografiska debutroman. Leon Uris var själv med i marinkåren vid kriget i Stilla havet. Boken handlar om en ung marinkårssoldat under andra världskrigets strider vid Stilla havet.