After all, the war engaged more than 100 million people from 30 countries in a conflict that raged for years on three continents.
The second book will take up at this point and go through the war.Imagine trying to tell the story of World War II through the lives of a single family. The story comes to a close as Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese. There are evaluations of the war as seen from those involved and from a German officer's writing. The entire story of the Henrys and those who interact with them is set against the backdrop of World War II. Rhoda cannot quite decide where her heart lies and writes Victor a letter saying she wants a divorce but then sends a cable saying she should not have written the letter. Rhoda has met Palmer Kirby and they eventually begin an affair. Victor eventually admits to Pamela that he loves her but they take no action. Meanwhile, Victor has met a British girl, Pamela, who is the daughter of a journalist named "Talky" Tudsbury. Natalie soon writes to Byron that she is pregnant and later that the has given birth to a son that she will name Louis. Natalie later manages to meet Byron-who joins the Navy as a submariner-in Lisbon and Byron, armed with the correct official documents, marries her. Aaron's niece, Natalie, captures Byron's heart but Aaron-and later Natalie-encounter problems trying to escape from war-torn Europe because both are Jews. Byron is seeking his masters degree but drops out of school to work for a famous author, Aaron Jastrow. She ignores the demand, gets a job at CBS and launches her career, though she is also building a relationship with a married man, her boss, Hugh Cleveland. Madeline does not want to go to school but Victor refuses to hear of her living in New York. Warren is solid, like Victor, and is training to be a Navy pilot. They have three grown children-Byron, Warren and Madeline. Rhoda and Victor, having been married twenty-five years, are comfortable with each other though both feel they have not gotten all from their marriage they wanted.
Rhoda, Victor's wife, acts typically by lashing out at Victor as she prepares for the move and then finding her sense of adventure at the foreign assignment.
Victor finally decides that he really has no choice in the matter and accepts the assignment as naval attaché in Berlin. As he puts it, when the Navy considers commanders for a ship, the amount of time on the water is a huge factor. Victor only wants to command a ship of his own and fears that the assignment will not further his career. Victor "Pug" Henry arrives home from the Navy Building worried about his career.
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