London England: Canongate Books. Very Good/Very Good. 2010. 2nd Impression. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 184767822X Hardcover Hardcover 2nd Impression Illustrated with B&W Photos light wear to d/j corner. These are the true stories of the men who put their lives on the line for their country, who were dispatched to the other side of the world to fight an enemy who preferred suicide to surrender. men who suffered hardship and humiliation in POW camps; men who witnessed casualties among soldiers and civilians alike; men whose medals came at a shocking price - a price paid in full by all We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .

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Penguin delivers you to the front lines of The Pacific Theater with the real-life stories behind the HBO miniseries. Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. From the debacle in Bataan, to the miracle at Midway and the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, their solemn oaths to their country later led one to the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot and the others to the coral strongholds of Peleliu, the black terraces of Iwo Jima and the killing fields of Okinawa, until at last the survivors enjoyed a triumphant, yet uneasy, return home. In The Pacific , Hugh Ambrose focuses on the real-life stories of the five men who put their lives on the line for our country. To deepen the story revealed in the miniseries and go beyond it, the book dares to chart a great ocean of enmity known as The Pacific and the brave men who fought. Some considered war a profession, others enlisted as citizen soldiers. Each man served in a different part of the war, but their respective duties required every ounce of their courage and their strength to defeat an enemy who preferred suicide to surrender. The medals for valor which were pinned on three of them came at a shocking price-a price paid in full by all. View the HBO trailer Watch a Video View a video with Hugh Ambrose Watch a Video

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Bookseller's Inventory #: 101409
Title: The Pacific (The Official HBO/Sky TV Tie-in)
Author: Hugh Ambrose
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good/Very Good
Edition: 2nd Impression
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 184767822X
ISBN 13: 9781847678225
Publisher: Canongate Books
Place of Publication: London England
Date Published: 2010
Keywords: 9781847678225, The, Pacific, (The, Official, HBO/Sky, TV, Tie-in), Military, History, and, War, WWII, South, Pacific, America, v, Japan, Conflict, Film, TV, Related, History

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