Memoir as matter of fact revalation told through simple yet involving art in graphic novel form. Cope's memories of WWII involve very little actual combat but reveal a lot about the other aspects of army life at that time. Most of the memories are brief but add up on the whole to a life in progress. The novel in most linear though there are some dips here and there to earlier and later in the subject's life. Some of the moments shared are pivotal to that life, others merely gentle revalations of what it is to be human. The simple images are like a framework that the reader is encouraged to fill in with their own take on the memory--as a reader of any novel creates their own images. And of course the war of the title does not only refer to WWII but also struggles of identity involving religion and nationality. A good read, like a long, comfortable conversation drifting into the wee hours of the morning.