The Pacific / Hugh Ambrose.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New American Library, c2010.Description: xviii, 489 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780451230232
  • 045123023X
Uniform titles:
  • Pacific (Television program)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • D767.9 .A46 2010
Online resources: Summary: 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.
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"NAL caliber."

Companion book to the television miniseries.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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