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|title=War
|author=Roald Dahl
|isbn=978-1405933193
|website=http://www.roalddahl.com/
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In war, are we at our heroic best or our cowardly worst? Featuring the autobiographical stories from Roald Dahl's time as a fighter pilot in the Second World War as well as seven other tales of conflict and strife, Dahl reveals the human side of our most inhumane activity.
A wonderful collection by one of our finest authors, ''War'' is a collection that has been beautifully drawn together by Penguin, and forms part of a really wonderful series that they've released - a fitting tribute to Dahl and his incredibly body of work. Many thanks to the publishers for the copy.
For further reading I recommend [[Of Lions and Unicorns: A Lifetime of Tales from the Master Storyteller by Michael Morpurgo]]. Whilst aimed more at children, Murporgo deals with war (amongst other subjects) with a maturity and directness that doesn't talk down to children - emotive and exciting. It is worth saying that many of the stories are extracts from Murpurgo's larger works - but for me they read well as brief snapshots among the other tales. War can often happen after [[Trickery by Roald Dahl|Trickery]].
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