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"Lots of Libertarian messages" by RexCurry.net
I loved the book "The Americanization of Emily" and I loved the film (also available) and so did the great libertarian Harry Browne (such great company for me). The film has that great actor James Garner (of my favorite "Rockford Files" fame). The Americanization is a reminder that almost no one knows what "D-Day" means. Whenever I read a WWII book, that is one of the things that pops into my head, and that most people don't know what "Nazi" means either (National Socialist German Workers' Party). The book is a reminder of the mass slaughter of war and of socialism: the National Socialist German Workers' Party killed 21 million; the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics killed 62 million; the Peoples' Republic of China killed 35 million (known unaffectionately as "the hate-spewing socialist trio of atrocities"). Some people say that the book accurately depicts military brass and the effect of bureaucracy and socialism on them too. The story is a romance, and a serious examination of people over-matched by forces outside their control, who struggle to do everything in their control to find their way.

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Cynical, bawdy, witty
I saw the James Garner movie first, and was so impressed by it I
looked up the novel. I think the movie might be a little better,
but the book is definitely worth reading. It's not very long and actually can be read in one sitting. It's funny, sometimes obscene, sometimes cynical, wise, and realistic. The main character is a "dog robber" during World World II; he is a general's aide, and is supposed to get the general everything he wants. Hence, he supposedly would rob everyone he could, including dogs. He is a detached and somewhat cynical man, who, while stationed in England, meets and falls in love with the Emily of the title ("Americanization" is not such a noble thing; it refers to deprived English girls, made poor by the war, who do what they must to survive. This means attaching themselves to the much richer Americans.) Mostly the book is about war and love. It has a very cynical view of war and soldiering. It's message: only love can conquer the horrible. A book that is half comedy and half horror, but wholly entertaining.