Ghost Soldiers
$45.09
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
11 November 2005
Summary
The rescue of over 500 American POWs from a Japanese camp in the Philippines in 1945 was the largest and most successful operation of its kind. Based on personal accounts from the survivors, this is an epic story now told in full for the first time.
On a parched evening in the Philippines 53 years ago, 511 American POWs were saved from almost certain death. A force of elite US troops from the Sixth Ranger Battalion slipped 30 miles behind enemy lines and marched for three days through…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349117881 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349117888 |
| Author: | Hampton Sides |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 11 November 2005 |
| Weight: | 254g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 126mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
An enthralling, deeply disturbing look at the horrors of war. It is impossible to read without wondering uneasily how you, the reader, would respond if forced to undergo the monstrous trials described with such immediacy by Hampton Sides - Jon Krakauer, author of INTO THIN AIR
A dazzling account of one of the greatest rescue missions in history - Iris Chang, author of THE RAPE OF NANKINGRead the first ten pages of this moving book and you will be hooked by a riveting tale of courage and heroism. In GHOST SOLDIERS Hampton Sides brings to life a forgotten adventure of World War II. - James Bradley, author of FLAGS FOR OUR FATHERSHampton Sides
Hampton Sides is a newspaper correspondent and columnist. He is the author of the international bestseller GHOST SOLDIERS. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, New Republic and the Washington Post, among others. He lives in Santa Fe.
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