Summary Of A Higher Call By Adam Makos

In his book, A Higher Call, Adam Makos provides the readers with information on how even though their were many conflicts and hardships between the enemies during World War II, there was a chance that there were good men on both sides of the war. Adam Makos is a journalist, historian, and editor of Valor, a military magazine. Throughout his whole life he has been attached to what went on during World War II. When he was younger, him and his friends wanted to be journalists one summer and started up a magazine that eventually took off. The main purpose of the magazine was very similar to this book and its meaning. Adam and his friends would always interview people who were affected from WWII, as well as many WWII veterans. Throughout their thorough

During the summer after his freshman year in highschool, many of his fellow classmates and his teacher were killed in a plane crash heading over to France. These students were apart of French club and Adam had even signed up to go on the trip, but luckily his mother had already planned a family vacation the same day of the school trip. After this devastating accident, Adam took time out his day to think about life and said, “Flight 800 [the plane that crashed] taught me that life is precious because it is fragile. I can’t say I woke up one day and started living passionately and working faster to make some impact on the world” (Makos 3). This event led him to contribute even more towards his magazine, which eventually got more and more popular. Adam dedicated the majority of his work towards interviewing many WWII veterans because he wanted to give back to them and thank them for their service. He felt he was making an impact on the world by doing this because he made the veterans feel appreciated and thankful. However, he wanted the magazine to only focus on American veterans because he was strongly against enemy soldiers, even if they were veterans as

When Brown was serving in WWII, his bomber plane had gotten shot down which had led to him meeting a German pilot. Makos was very interested in what happened and received the privilege to interview this man. The interview mostly consisted on what happened to Charlie and his crew and how they were still alive after getting shot down. As Adam wanted to hear all about this story, Charlie said, “‘In this story I’m just a character--Franz Stigler is the real hero’” (Makos 5). After meeting up with Franz Stigler, Adam Makos learned that instead of doing his job and killing them, Stigler saved the lives of Brown and the remaining crew. This led to Brown and Stigler to having a great relationship that has carried on for years. This act of kindness by Stigler shows how there are good men on both sides of a war, even if they are fighting against each