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Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan

Autor Robert Leckie
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 feb 2010
"Rings with that truth recognizable to every combat man. Those looking for action will find it here in buckets."--John Toland, New York Times Book Review

Written by Robert Leckie, whose wartime exploits are featured in the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg HBO miniseries The Pacific, Strong Men Armed is the perennial bestselling classic account of the U.S. Marines' relentless drive through the Pacific during World War II. As scout and machine-gunner for the First Marine Division, Leckie fought in all its engagements until his wounding at Peleliu.
In Strong Men Armed, Leckie uses firsthand experience and impeccable research to re-create the nightmarish battles of the Pacific campaign--from Guadalcanal to Okinawa--as ships, men, and guns moved over vast distances to fight an enemy willing to defend to its last man. Here is the whole sweeping epic of the Marines who battled--and won--on the bloody beaches at Guadalcanal, the unforgiving reefs at Tarawa, the rain-soaked mud of New Britain, the dark gray soil and deadly caves of Mount Suribachi, and the muddy slopes of Shuri Castle on Okinawa. It is a masterful narrative by a writer the New York Times praised as possessing the "rare gift of capturing all that is human in the most inhuman of man's activities."
"Raw, heartbreaking, and superb."--Christian Science Monitor

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780306818875
ISBN-10: 0306818876
Pagini: 600
Ilustrații: 24 pages of photos
Dimensiuni: 217 x 147 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.58 kg
Ediția:Media tie-in
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press

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In time for the HBO miniseries The Pacific, a classic account of the U.S. Marines' relentless drive from Guadalcanal to Okinawa during World War II