Their Wars - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

Though a tale of the 1940’s, in Trump’s America, Their Wars feels disturbingly contemporary. Drafted into the army only two weeks after his marriage, Sam Weissbart is confronted by bigotry in the barracks, while all are ostensibly training to fight America’s enemies. After one taunt too many, Weissbart, an amateur pugilist, erupts but is overwhelmed by a gang of thugs and his service to the nation is cut short. What are the wars we really fight? Who are the real enemies? What are their wars? Their Wars is a heartbreaking story of young love, wasted loyalties and trashed ideals.

Charles Rammelkamp, author of American Zeitgeist

Robert Cooperman is an excellent poet—whose work offers the expansive feel of a novel. In Their Wars, he is at his poignant best recreating the effects of World War II on those whose lives become driven by the war, soldiers who leave wives behind to live and fight in distant places. The book feels like living history, intimate and keeping alive the struggles of a time which continues to impact us today.

Kenneth Pobo, author of Loplop in a Red City (Circling Rivers)

Robert Cooperman’s Their Wars is compelling poetry. Its Rashomon-style approach allows the reader to experience various episodes from multiple perspectives. Set in basic training during World War II, the poems divulge, beneath all the patriotic pap and paranoia, what is genuinely worth fighting for. A superb achievement!

Jerry Bradley, author of The Importance of Elsewhere

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