The Other War

About the Book

A sardonic, lightly satirical tone prevails as a young GI finds waste and incompetence at every turn in the relative safety of the military in the remote locale of India in World War II. In the real war our soldiers in Europe and the South Pacific were dying in foxholes, but Bernie had all the time in the world in the other war to write home about the new gentler experiences he was living through. His mother saved over 600 of his letters, and he now shares some of them in his autobiography, The Other War.

About the Author

Bernard Spiro is a 76 year old veteran of WWII. He was educated at New York University, and graduated with a M.A. in 1949. He was a member of the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop from 1962-64, and a member of the Dramatists Guild and Authors Guild. His other published work is Of Rhyme and Reason (My Lyrics and Other Loves). He has 2 daughters and 1 granddaughter.