Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan
Autor Robert Leckieen Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 feb 2010
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
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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Descriere
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