The Pacific

作者 Hugh Ambrose著
出版社 Penguin US
出版时间 2010年3月
ISBN 9780451230232
定价 191.90

内容简介

TheNewYorkTimesbestsellingofficialcompanionbooktotheEmmy(r)Award-winningHBO(r)miniseries.BetweenAmerica'sretreatfromChinainlateNovember1941andthemomentGeneralMacArthur'sairplanetoucheddownontheJapanesemainlandinAugustof1945,fivemenconnectedbyhappenstancefoughtthekeybattlesofthewaragainstJapan.FromthedebacleinBataan,tothemiracleatMidwayandtherelentlessvortexofGuadalcanal,theirsolemnoathstotheircountrylaterledonetotheGreatMarianasTurkeyShootandtheotherstothecoralstrongholdsofPeleliu,theblackterracesofIwoJimaandthekillingfieldsofOkinawa,untilatlastthesurvivorsenjoyedatriumphant,yetuneasy,returnhome.InThePacific,HughAmbrosefocusesonthereal-lifestoriesoffivemenwhoputtheirlivesonthelineforourcountry.TodeepenthestoryrevealedintheHBO(r)miniseriesandgobeyondit,thebookdarestochartagreatoceanofenmityknownasthePacificandthebravemenwhofought.

作者简介

HughAmbroseisanotedhistorianandwasaconsultantonthedocumentaryPriceforPeace,forwhichStevenSpielbergandStephenAmbroseweretheExecutiveProducers.Hewasaconsultanttohisfatheronhisbooks,andservedasthehistoricalconsultantonHBO(r)'sThePacificminiseries.AmbroseisalsotheformervicepresidentoftheNationalWWIIMuseumandhasledbattlefieldtoursthroughEuropeandalongthePacificRim.

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