The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw - 1998

New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. As new/near fine. An as new hardcover, first printing with blue and red paper boards, embossed "TB", with orange foil title on spine, navy blue endpapers. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket showing FPT on front inner flap and sale price sticker on cover of jacket. Dust jacket shows small, less than 1/2" soiling on front cover - its only defect. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. B/W photos throughout. 412 pp. incl. index. Octavo 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall. In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the fortieth anniversary of D-Day, the massive and daring Allied invasion of Europe that marked the beginning of the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. There, I underwent a life-changing experience. As I walked the beaches with the American veterans who had returned for this anniversary, men in their sixties and seventies, and listened to their stories, I was deeply moved and profoundly grateful for all they had done. Ten years later, I returned to Normandy for the fiftieth anniversary of the invasion, and by then I had come to understand what this generation of Americans meant to history. It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced." - Tom Brokaw | "Full of wonderful, wrenching tales of a generation of heroes. Tom Brokaw reminds us of what we are capable of as a people. An inspiring read for those who wish their spirits lifted." -- General Colin L. Powell (ret.)