The Ultimate Battle: Okinawa 1945--The Last Epic Struggle of World War II.

New York:: Simon & Schuster, 2007.. Book Club Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: black binding; a Very Good book, with a Near Fine dust jacket.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Sources, bibliography, index. Description: Includes a section of black and white photo plates. The publisher's blurb reads: ''This is the full story of the last great clash of World War II. Using the same 'grunt's-eye view' narrative style that distinguished his Brotherhood of Heroes, Bill Sloan presents a gripping and uniquely personal saga of heroism and sacrifice in which at least 115,000 soldiers, sailors, and airmen from both sides were killed, as were nearly 150,000 civilians caught tin the crossfire or encouraged to commit suicide by Japanese troops. It is a story set again a panorama of more than 1,500 American ships, nearly two thousand Japanese kamikazes, sworn to sink those ships, and two huge armies locked in a no-quarter struggle to the death -- the 541,000 GIs and Marines of the U.S. Tenth Army and Japan's 110.000-man 32nd Army. Woven into the broader narrative are the personal stories of men who endured this epic battle and were interviewed by the author. In many cases, their experiences are told here in print for the first time.''