The Winds of War By Herman Wouk

A prelude to War and Remembrance. "Framed in this multi-paneled tale of voyages, battles, encounters, loves, and disasters- and in the sharply controversial commentary of a German general, giving the view from the other side-The Winds of War encompasses the world conflict from the ominous rumblings of Hitler's Germany in 1939 to the end of 1941 and America's plunge into the war."