Books

October, 1987

Almost Everyone agrees that war is hell, which means--at least for the civilian population that knows war through books and movies--an imaginary land where gruesome punishments are meted out to the just and the unjust alike. For vicarious purposes, World War Two is still the best of all possible hells, since its heroes and villains are clearly defined as Us vs. Them. In The Berkut (Random House), Joseph Heywood has put a clever spin on conventional World War Two adventures by pitting Them agains...