The Winds of War

Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II, which begins with The Winds of War and continues in War and Remembrance, stands as the crowning achievement of one of America's most celebrated storytellers. Like no other books about the war, Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events - the drama, the romance, the heroism and the tragedy of World War II - as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family drawn into the very centre of the maelstrom.
The “Winds of War” is the grandiose epic of the Henrys, an American naval family disrupted by World War II. Through the Henry family (or their lovers or friends), we trot the globe from before the German invasion of Poland to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (1938-1941).