The Pacific: Hell Was an Ocean Away Paperback - 2011
by Hugh Ambrose
Summary
The New York Times bestselling official companion book to the Emmy(r) Award-winning HBO(r) 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 five men who put their lives on the line for our country. To deepen the story revealed in the HBO(r) 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.
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- Title The Pacific: Hell Was an Ocean Away
- Author Hugh Ambrose
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Rep Mti
- Pages 560
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Nal Caliber, New York
- Publication date 2011-09-06
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Movie/TV Tie-In, Price on Product - Canadian
- ISBN 9780451232250 / 0451232259
- Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.3 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 3.30 cm)
- Age range 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Cultural Region: Oceania
- Category History - Military / War
- Library of Congress subjects United States, World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Pacific
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.545
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