The Pacific

By Hugh Ambrose

Subjects: Biography, Marines, nyt:paperback_nonfiction=2011-09-10, United States. Marine Corps, United States. Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, New York Times bestseller, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Marine Corps -- History -- World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area, United States, Marines -- United States -- Biography, United States. Marine Corps -- Biography, History, Campaigns

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.