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Review of "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" by Herman Wouk(unabridged audio book version)

After signing up up for a trial account to Audible , we, myself and my fiancee, downloaded a few sample books, including "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" by Herman Wouk . She actually picked those two books based on their high ratings. This is a review of the unabridged audio versions of these two books. "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" are works of historical fiction, starting in the 1930s and ending in the 1940s. Covering the period that led up to and including WWII, the books explore a time of conflict that was to decide who would rule much of the world. I had apprehensions about historical fiction when starting this book. Some historical fiction can deviate from history or generalize events and I was concerned about learning historically inaccurate information. I consider misinformation to be almost worse than not knowing the history at all. Wouk has taken great care to be historically accurate. In his ...