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Drawing on a series of memoirs, oral histories, and letters, a portrayal of American Jews who entered the U.S. armed forces during World War II provides a view of the struggles these Jewish GIs faced and how military service reshaped Jewish life in America and abroad.

The great surprise of the season in World War II books is Deborah Dash Moore's wonderful "GI Jews: How World War II Changed a Generation"...It is an enjoyable read. Moore, a Vassar professor, writes well and knows how to tell a story...She has an eye for interesting characters and for what makes them interesting...She keeps up a lively pace and intersperses evocative vignettes with insightful analysis of what these Jewish troops' experiences meant to them, their families, their communities and the nation as a whole...For postwar generations, her book reveals how the experience of the war changed the generation that fought it and why it helped launch the civil rights movement, the Great Society and America's rise to global predominance. "GI Jews" should not be missed by anyone with an interest in World War II or the history of the American people.--Kenneth M. Pollack"Washington Post Book World" (06/05/2005)