The Pacific
By: Hugh Ambrose.
Publisher: New American Library
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9780451230232
Subjects: United States. -- Marine Corps -- Biography; United States. -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area; Marines -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Other titles: Pacific (Television program)
Description: In this companion book to the HBO series on the war in the Pacific, historian Hugh Ambrose focuses on five American soldiers who each took an active role in the difficult and costly--in terms of lives--campaign to reach the Japanese mainland. Ambrose recounts key battles--Guadalcanal, Midway, Okinawa, and the lesser-known Peleliu--and he provides a soldier's eye view of the events, conveying the great valor and sacrifices of those in uniform.
Notes: Companion book to the television miniseries.