Skies of Thunder
The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World
$58.93
- Hardcover
496 pages
- Release Date
25 June 2024
Summary
“Riveting.” -The New York Times
From the New York Times bestselling author, a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most brutally challenging and rarely examined campaigns of World War II.
In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army steamrolled through Burma, capturing the only ground route from India to China. Supplies to this critical zone would now have to come from India by air—meaning across the Himalayas, on the most hazardous air route in the world. SK…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781984879233 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1984879235 |
| Author: | Caroline Alexander |
| Publisher: | Penguin Adult |
| Imprint: | Pamela Dorman Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 25 June 2024 |
| Weight: | 744g |
| Dimensions: | 239mm x 156mm |
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Critics Review
“Riveting.” —The New York Times
“A clear and engaging narrative… . A thorough, but never dull, history for the reader curious about the reality of World War II.” —The New York Journal of Books
“A fresh narrative that pulls readers into the challenges and complexities of this enormous theater of vast jungle and mountain at the end of the world.” —U.S. Army War College Press
“Author Caroline Alexander in her new book Skies of Thunder presents a riveting, faced-paced account of the action there both on the ground and in the skies that would make for a best-selling movie.” —Asian Review of Books
“[Caroline Alexander] brings her keen eye and narrative skill to Skies of Thunder. A chronicle of waging war by flying over the Hump: those mountain ridges that make up the border of Burma and China and turned into a theater of both disasters and triumphs.” —Airmail
“Alexander’s vivid retelling of this aerial feat is matched only by her exquisite rendering of the pilots’ fear.” —The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
“Well-detailed and engagingly told.” —The Wall Street Journal
“A seamless and illuminating piece of modern war history.” —Shelf Awareness
“A thrilling aviation adventure that also casts an assured historical lens on a lesser-known arena of WWII diplomacy, this is sure to enrapture readers.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Readers interested in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II and Asian history will enjoy Alexander’s detailed and beautifully written account.” —Library Journal (starred review)
About The Author
Caroline Alexander
Caroline Alexander is the New York Times bestselling author of The Endurance, The Bounty, and other acclaimed works of narrative nonfiction, as well as a new translation of Homer’s Iliad. She studied philosophy and theology at University of Oxford as a Rhodes scholar and has a doctorate in classics from Columbia University. She has written for The New Yorker and National Geographic, among other publications.
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