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The Pacific

Hugh Ambrose

Hardcover | Pages: 489 pages

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Title	:	The Pacific
Author	:	Hugh Ambrose
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 489 pages
Published	:	March 2nd 2010 by Nal Caliber (first published December 1st 2009)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. War. Military Fiction. World War II

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Penguin delivers you to the front lines of The Pacific Theater with the real-life stories behind the HBO 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 the five men who put their lives on the line for our country. To deepen the story revealed in the 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. Some considered war a profession, others enlisted as citizen soldiers. Each man served in a different part of the war, but their respective duties required every ounce of their courage and their strength to defeat an enemy who preferred suicide to surrender. The medals for valor which were pinned on three of them came at a shocking price-a price paid in full by all.

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ISBN:	045123023X (ISBN13: 9780451230232)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History and Biography (2010)

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I bought this as it billed itself as the companion book to the HBO series The Pacific. This has probably coloured my reaction to the book as I do not consider it to be a companion book - the series focuses on the story of three Marines who fought in the Pacific during WWII - Basilone, Leckie and Sledge - and the book tells the story of Basilone, Sledge plus three others, but no Leckie. The additional three stories are welcome as they provide much additional information. The omission of Leckie

I loved the mini-series The Pacific, and I love most of Stephen Ambrose's books, so I thought I would give this a shot. If you are fascinated with the war in the pacific, then I would suggest this book for you, but if you are just casually interested, there are much better books. The author skips from character to character hundreds of times, and it can get confusing at times. He also doesn't really delve very deeply into the characters so that you feel an emotional bond with them. He describes

I cannot say that Hugh Ambrose is the author that his father was, but this is a good read none-the-less. While I feel secure in my knowledge of the European Theater of Operations during World War II, I am less confident about the Pacific Theater. This is a good refresher and makes for a pretty quick read. This is not as technical and precise as many books on specific battles or operations are so don't be worried that you will be in over your head. I highly recommend this book.

A Wonderful TributeI chose to read "The Pacific" because my father, who served in the Navy aboard ship, was among those who served in the Pacific theatre of operations during WW II. Hugh Ambrose captured the lives and experiences of a handful of men who fought with courage and commitment during some of the most brutal battles of the Pacific.One of the less notables elements of the war that Ambrose cites are the kamikaze attacks by Japanese pilots on US ships. My father told me about such

This is the 489 pages light more or less first person view of the war in the pacific in world war two. It's limited to a half a dozen viewpoints, so you'll get nothing of the CBI theatre, but will get something of a good feel for the islands campaign via army, navy and marine "I was there" style narratives.While there are some things that are unique and interesting-there is a lot of detail on John Basilone along with the rarely covered Philippine POW and resistance movement-overall this is all

Very informative, I learned a lot about the war in the Pacific. I really appreciate the way the author focuses on people who were major influences, but were not at the battles that are normally discussed.One thing stood out as a bit frustrating though, the descriptions seem to be disjointed as the author takes you from the third person, straight into a quote from someone who was interviewed. This is made even worse since I listened to the audio book, and the third person/first person switch

Growing up in Europe the Pacific War was never part of our history education, in Finland at least. Of course, you couldnt avoid hearing about atomic bombings in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, but thats about it. The history lessons I had never really covered the reasons or progress of the war in the Pacific theater. I always used to think how unfair and cruel it was for Americans to drop those bombs in Japan, but after I actually read a biography set in WWII Pacific war (Unbroken: A World War II Story