With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa - Brossura

Sledge, E.B.

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ISBN 10: 0891419063 ISBN 13: 9780891419068

Casa editrice: Random House Publishing Group, 2007

Riassunto

A former member of the First Marine Division gives a front-line description of two World War II Pacific campaigns--the bloody campaigns at Peleliu and Okinawa--in which he participated as a teenage soldier. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

'One of the most arresting documents in war literature.' --John Keegan, in The Second World War

'Of all the books about the ground war in the Pacific, (With the Old Breed) is the closest to a masterpiece.' --- The New York Review of Books

L'autore:

E. B. “Sledgehammer” Sledge was born and grew up in Mobile. In late 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. After basic training, he was sent to the Pacific Theater where he fought at Peleliu and Okinawa, two of the fiercest battles of World War II. Following the Japanese surrender, Sledge served in China as part of the occupation force. Upon his return home, he obtained a Ph.D. in biology and joined the faculty of Alabama College (later the University of Montevallo), where he taught until retirement. Sledge initially wrote about his war experiences to explain them to his family, but he was persuaded by his wife to seek publication. Sledge died on March 3, 2001.

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• Editore: Random House Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0891419063
• ISBN 13: 9780891419068
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352