With the Old Breed: The World War Two Pacific Classic by Eugene B. Sledge (Engli

Description: With the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as twenty-year-old new recruit to the US Marines, Eugene Sledge can only try desperately to survive. This memoir tells the cruelty, bravery and deaths of the men he fought alongside, and of his own journey from patriotic innocence to battle-scarred veteran. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC This was a brutish, primitive hatred, as characteristic of the horror of war in the Pacific as the palm trees and the islands Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as twenty-year-old new recruit to the US Marines, Eugene Sledge can only try desperately to survive. At Peleliu and Okinawa two of the fiercest and filthiest Pacific battles of WWII he witnesses the dehumanising brutality displayed by both sides and the animal hatred that each soldier has for his enemy. During temporary lapses in the fighting, conditions on the islands mean that the Marines often can t wash, stay dry, dig latrines, or even find time to eat. Suffering from constant fear, fatigue, and filth, the struggle of simply living in a combat zone is utterly debilitating. Yet despite horrendous conditions Sledge finds time to keep notes that he would later turn into a book. Described as one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war, With the Old Breed tells with compassion and honesty of the cruelty, bravery and deaths of the men he fought alongside, and of his own journey from patriotic innocence to battle-scarred veteran. Eugene Sledge became more t Notes The amazing and moving WW2 memoir, on which the epic Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg series The Pacific is based Author Biography E. B. Sledge was born in Mobile, Alabama. In late 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, and was then sent to the Pacific where he fought at Peleliu and Okinawa. After returning from the war he immediately began working on a book based on the notes he had taken while posted in the Pacific theatre, which became With the Old Breed. Sledge joined the biology faculty of Alabama College, where he taught until his retirement. Sledge died on March 3rd, 2001. Review "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 "One of the most arresting documents in war literature." -- John Keegan "Eugene Sledge became more than a legend with his memoir, With The Old Breed. He became a chronicler, a historian, a storyteller who turns the extremes of the war in the Pacific - the terror, the camaraderie, the banal and the extraordinary - into terms we mortals can grasp." -- Tom Hanks "In all the literature on the Second World War, there is not a more honest, realistic or moving memoir than Eugene Sledges. This is the real deal, the real war: unvarnished, brutal, without a shred of sentimentality or false patriotism, a profound primer on what it actually was like to be in that war. It is a classic that will outlive all the armchair generals safe accounts of--not the "good war"--but the worst war ever." -- Ken Burn Review Text Of all the books about the ground war in the Pacific, [ With the Old Breed ] is the closest to a masterpiece Review Quote Of all the books about the ground war in the Pacific, [ With the Old Breed ] is the closest to a masterpiece Promotional "Headline" The amazing and moving WW2 memoir, on which the epic Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg series The Pacific is based Details ISBN0091937523 Pages 352 Year 2011 ISBN-10 0091937523 ISBN-13 9780091937522 Format Paperback Imprint Ebury Press Subtitle The World War Two Pacific Classic Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book Illustrations maps Author Eugene B. Sledge Birth 1923 Short Title WITH THE OLD BREED Language English Publisher Ebury Publishing DEWEY 940.548173 Publication Date 2011-02-03 Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 2011-02-03 AU Release Date 2011-02-03 NZ Release Date 2011-02-03 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:35883450;

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