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Analysis Of How Empirical Is This Mission In The Forgotten 500 By Gregory A. Friedman

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How Empirical is the Presentation? The author, Gregory A. Freeman has written many books about missions that the United States military has led. The research he gathered before and during writing the novel is research that is supported by the government and written in many history based books and novels. This mission in The Forgotten 500 was a mission that was hidden from the people of American until recent years. The author did not experience this mission first hand, but he interviewed some of the surviving airmen from this mission. He also based it off of information from some Presidential files from that time period like Franklin D. Roosevelt. The book is empirical because he has strict evidence from survivors, 1940’s newspapers and governmental …show more content…

Since the book is the story of how it happen, some of the information is probably his opinion rather than a fact. For example, the author most likely didn't know every emotion the airmen were having throughout this journey. At the end of chapter ten the author stated, “ Kraigher’s involvement gave Vujnovich some degree of confidence that this was a team he could trust… whether they pull it off was still very much in doubt” (Freeman, 167). Although Freeman did interview George Vujnovich, it is unknown what they discussed so while writing the book, Freeman probably put himself in these peoples shoes and thought “what would I feel?” This book is filled with facts who sources are in the bibliography, but some information might be opinions of the …show more content…

In some cases the author will use emotion to get a reaction out of the reader. For example, at the end of chapter four, the author was talking about the families of the airmen getting the letter saying that their son was Missing in Action. The author stated, “ She prayed that he was still alive, but she knew that this telegram was often followed by another” (Freeman,58). This statement makes the reader feel sad and feel bad for the families. This would then influence the reader to not like the Germans or the people that did this to the airmen. Propaganda isn't used much throughout the book, but in certain cases, it is. 5. Is information Distorted? The information in the book does not seem distorted at all. There are no statistics or graphs or data there is just a story which is based upon the survivors and history. The only thing that is distorted in the book are the names of people. The names were kept the same but some translations can be found in different ways, like Mihailovich, and the author pointed this out in his notes. 6. Is the author oversimplifying the

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