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| The Complete Book of M*A*S*H By Suzy Kalter |
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| It's a very complete book with descriptions of every episode. There is millions of great pictures and I, personally, enjoy the actors' letters that are included in it. There is commentaries from writers and all of the awards M*A*S*H has won. Though, it may have a few mistakes it is an awesome book and every M*A*S*H fan should have it. |
| "We never planned the success of M*A*S*H; it just happened. If we had planned it, there would have been enormous disappointments." -Alan Alda, The Complete Book of M*A*S*H |
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| MASH An Army Surgeon In Korea By Otto F. Apel Jr., M.D. & Pat Apel |
| This was an excellent real life account of an army surgeon in Korea. It depicted the real life situations and feelings there. It also jumped into the hilarious antics that went on there. Dr. Apel talks about strange events that occurred, like when amputated limbs were scattered across their compound when where the limbs were buried was washed out and when tickets were sold to get a peek in the nurses' showers. It can get slow in spots, but overall it's a great book and it helps you define the fiction from reality about the war. |
| "Twelve months in Korea had impressed upon me, a mere raindrop in the sea of humanity, one great truism: our human capabilities are very limited. That is not the attitude of defeatism. We tackled the problems of the MASH with great confidence and optimism. We overcame many of the obstacles that confronted us. And yet, although we advanced emergency medical care by great leaps and bounds, a deep sense of humility hung over the MASH. The problems often overwhelmed us. Many times all we could do was try our best and, when we failed, sit down and critique our procedures and learn from our mistakes. The next day, having been thrown from our high horse, we would soothe our bruises, dust ourselves off, and climb back on. We owed that to the young men out in front of us." -Dr. Otto Apel, MASH An Army Surgeon in Korea |
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| Catch-22 By Joseph Heller |
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| First of all what does this have to do with M*A*S*H? All right, I'll explain. Catch-22 was very much like M*A*S*H. The lead character, Yossarian was preoccupied with death and wanted nothing more than to get out of the army. Yossarian, himself, was a lot like Hawkeye and all the crazy characters around him were like many people from M*A*S*H. Anyone who enjoys M*A*S*H would definitely enjoy this book. |
| Catch-22 tells the story of Yossarian, an insane pilot who was part of the American forces in World War II, and all of the other crazy people around him. It follows characters like Milo Mindbender, the genius black market dealer, Orr, the wacky pilot who always crashed his plane, Major Major, the anti-social commanding officer, and many other shady characters. It touches upon the realities of war and Yossarian’s preoccupation with death. Though there is a war going on, no one seems to notice and they always seem to find time to have some fun (this is how most of their time is spent). Yossarian and his friends have to fight Colonel Cathecart from raising the number of required missions and the insanity that everyone thinks they all possess. Yossarian also has to deal with a pilot dying in his arms and almost all of his friends getting killed. All Yossarian wants to do is get out of the army alive and with his sanity. |
| "Sure there's a catch. Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy." -Doc Daneeka, Catch-22 |
| "Don't talk to me about fighting to save my country. I've been fighting all along to save my country. Now I'm going to fight a little to save myself. The country's not in danger anymore, but I am." -Yossarian, Catch-22 |
| "I hated to leave. I loved the people. I gotta tell you, I never look back. Life must be lived forward." -Wayne Rogers, The Complete Book of M*A*S*H |
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| Alan Alda An Unauthorized Biograghy By Jason Bonderoff |
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| This is an excellent biography about Alan Alda. It goes in depth about his childhood and trek to stardom. It also gives some little known facts about Alan's costars on M*A*S*H It may have been written over twenty years ago, but it is a great book and I learned many things about Alan Alda that I had never known before. |
| "The show's bias is that people count. That may be a kind of greeting-card way of putting it, but it's nonetheless true. We joke a lot, and clown around with the nurses like Hot Lips Houlihan, but we also show the audience that people are getting hurt, mangled, and killed." -Alan Alda, Alan Alda: An Unauthorized Biography |
| (On Hawkeye)"Love is a feeling that washes him over like a bad cold and he shakes it off as fast as he can." -Alan Alda, Alan Alda: An Unauthorized Biography |
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| No Bugles, No Drums An Oral History of the Korean War By Rudy Tomedi |
| No Bugles, No Drums is an account of the Korean War told through stories of people who were there, in Korea. It is amazing book, it breaks down the entire war battle by battle. Each section is told by a different soldier. It is a much different view of the war than you see in M*A*S*H. If you want to learn about the Korean War then this is the book for you. Each story is unique and each soldier has a different feeling about the war. Each story is REAL. It is an excellent book! |
| "I didn't feel I was defending the port of Pusan, or the rights of the South Koreans, or the interests of the United States. I was simply trying to stay alive. To survive from one moment to the next, to survive the day, to survive the next day. Some people are exhilirated by combat. They love it. They seem to thrive on it. I knew people like that. Most people though, ninety-nine percent of them are scared to death. Including myself, It's only after it's all over that the grand design falls into place and, you begin to see what you had a hand in doing." -Bob Fitzgerald, No Bugles, No Drums |
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| Books M*A*S*H is mentioned in: C is For Corpse by Sue Grafton Coma by Robin Cook Izzy, Willy Nilly by Cynthia Voigt Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins |