- Mass Market Paperback
- Publisher: Dell; Reissue edition (Aug 15 1965)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0440102901
- ISBN-13: 978-0440102908
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #119,114 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“Magnificent. The great drama of the Berlin airlift . . .” —The Columbus Dispatch
“A vast panorama of people and places . . . dramatic moment after dramatic moment in a throbbing tempo.” —New York Herald Tribune
Book Description
In Berlin at the end of World War II, an American Army officer bears witness to the aftermath of one historic tragedy and the rise of another
Captain Sean O’Sullivan distinguishes himself as a courageous soldier in the closing days of World War II, but what comes next tests his deepest reserves of strength and conviction. Sent to oversee the rebuilding of Berlin, O’Sullivan is exposed to the horrific truths of the Holocaust, a shattered and defeated society, and the new threat of Soviet power as the Iron Curtain begins to shadow the city. When Soviet forces blockade Berlin and the airlift begins, O’Sullivan is faced with profound moral dilemmas in an increasingly complicated world.
Armageddon is one of the great fictional portrayals of Europe in the earliest days of the Cold War.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Leon Uris including rare photos from the author’s estate.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great story telling,
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This review is from: ARMAGEDDON (Mass Market Paperback)
In this novel, Uris shows us the aftermath of the fall of Berlin. Uris tells the tale of how the 2 winning sides of the war will divy up the country of Germany. The beginning is pretty straight forward, but Uris quickly shows how the Soviets are trying to play mind games with the Americans. We are shown how the two opposing sides deal with their territories won in battle. We see how the Americans fix the pipes and sewage systems and are shown how the eastern Germans are treated like dogs from the Russians. While all is going on we are shown how the Cold War takes shape. Great story telling, and great charactors add to the mix. At some points he had me cheering, when the USA was pitted against the USSR. The section where the huge airlift operation took place was terrific story telling.The complex nature of the book's charators, goes to show that Uris, is among the elite writers of his day. I only wish a movie could be made of this story.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Testament to Courage and Freedom of Spirit,
By Gary Selikow (Great Kush) - See all my reviews
This review is from: ARMAGEDDON (Mass Market Paperback)
The most wonderful thing about Leon Uris' books are his testament to the eternal indomitable strength of the human spirit This book shows the horrors of the 20 th centuries twin ideologies of evil-Communism and Nazism-and also shows that there are good and bad people in every nation You also eagerly follow the character development -The American army officer Sean O Sullivan who in the end-for all of his millitary courage- shows himself to be weak moral character. The Bruckner family made up of a sadistic father ,cruel opportunistic brother ,weak mother and two remarkable and beuatiful sisters Ernestine Bruckner is the heroine of the novel who we fall in love with (something wich is common to most Uris novels) but it is her seemingly weaker sister Hilde who emerges as the stronger of the two .I thought that the suicide of Ernestine at the end was unneccesary ,she seemed to have lived through too much and seemed to be too strong a woman to kill herself over a failed love affair-this was the drawback in an otherwise excellent novel .The other hero of the story is Ulrich Falkenstein who spent years incarcerated by the Nazis becasue of his total opposition to the evil Third Reich and now shows once again -as Mayor of West Berlin-that he will not bend before another tyrannical empire-the Soviet Union
5.0 out of 5 stars
Story that stays in your heart,
By A Customer
This review is from: ARMAGEDDON (Mass Market Paperback)
Uris does it again! Regardless of the inaccuracies other reviewers find, this is a book that tells an important part of healing and history that few students hear in a classroom. Furthermore, Uris whets the reader's curiosity to learn the facts, to seek non-fiction sources and learn about post-War Germany and the power plays that were the first frost of the Cold War.Uris is a master story-teller -- his characters come fully human, with strengths and weaknesses. His plot is gripping. His style is compelling. It would be interesting to find out what was going on in the author's head and heart as he wrote the piece, as it evolved from his pen. I agree that Uris is one of the best story tellers of our time.
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