"The Pacific: Hell Was an Ocean Away" by Hugh Ambrose 1st/1st HC/DJ 2010

Description: "The Pacific: Hell Was an Ocean Away" was written by Hugh Ambrose and published by the New American Library in New York in 2010.This is a hardcover, first edition, first printing of this 489-page companion volume to the Emmy Award-winning HBO television miniseries, featuring almost six-dozen black-and-white photographs.The original price, as shown on the dustjacket front flap, was $26.95.From the dustjacket blurb:“Historian Hugh Ambrose deepens the experience of the HBO miniseries ‘The Pacific’—revealing the intertwined odysseys of four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy carrier pilot and producing a powerful blend of first-person immediacy and historical perspective. “Sidney C. Phillips, an easygoing Alabama teenager, enlisted along with a buddy. ‘Manila John’ Basilone was the son of immigrants who found happiness in the rough-and-ready life of a marine. Eugene B. Sledge watched his best friend, and his brother go off to war and finally rebelled against his parents to follow them. ‘Shifty’ Shofner was the scion of a prominent family with a long record of military service. Ensign Vernon ‘Mike’ Micheel left the family farm to complete flight school. “Between America’s retreat from China in late 1941 and the moment that MacArthur’s plane landed in Japan in August 1945, these five men fought many of the key battles of the war in the Pacific. Here, Hugh Ambrose focuses on their real-life experiences and those of their fellow servicemen, enhancing and expanding upon the story told in the HBO miniseries. “Covering nearly four years of combat with unprecedented access to military records, letters, journals. memoirs, photographs, and interviews, this volume offers a unique historical perspective on the war against Japan, from the debacle in Bataan to the miracle at Midway, the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, the black terraces of Iwo Jima, and the killing fields of Okinawa—and ultimately the triumphant yet uneasy return home. “These are the true stories the men who put their lives on the line for our country, who were dispatched to the other side of the world to fight an enemy who preferred suicide to surrender; men who suffered hardship and humiliation in POW camps; men who witnessed casualties among soldier and civilian alike; and men whose medals came at a shocking price—a price paid in full by all.” About the author: “Hugh Ambrose is a noted historian and was a consultant on the documentary ‘Price for Peace,’ for which Steven Spielberg and Stephen Ambrose were the executive producers. He was a consultant to his father on his books and is also serving as the historical consultant on HBO’s ‘The Pacific’ miniseries. Ambrose is also the former vice president of the National WWII Museum and has led battlefield tours through Europe and along the Pacific Rim. He lives in Helena, Montana.”The book is in fine, collectible condition, with no torn or bent pages, no scratches, stains or inscriptions, no remainder marks, no price-clipping, no bookplate, no ex-library, no book club edition, no flaws of any sort. It is as new. The dustjacket is in equally fine shape and is protected in a clear and removable archival cover.Please see the photos for a fuller description and author profile.BLK BOX 84PLEASE SEE THE OTHER TITLES NOW LISTED IN MY EBAY STORE: DISTANT VOYAGE BOOKSPAYPAL PREFERREDWill combine shipping.All items are well packed and are normally mailed within two days of payment being received.My 100% feedback rating is valuable to me. If you are satisfied with a transaction, please leave feedback and I will do the same.Questions welcome. Additional photographs on request.Note: Scrolling through my listings will locate books in these and many other categories:Animals; Art & Architecture; Biography; Children’s; Collecting & Collectibles; Entertainment, Film & Theater; Fiction; Food & Drink; Gardening; History; Military; Music; Natural History; Nautical; Photography; Science & Technology; Travel; Space; Sports; Transportation. New titles added almost daily.

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