The Pacific - Hugh Ambrose

The New York Times bestselling official companion book to
the Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries.

Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the
moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese
mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought
the key battles of the war against Japan. From the debacle in Bataan,
to the miracle at Midway and the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal,
their solemn oaths to their country later led one to the Great Marianas
Turkey Shoot and the others to the coral strongholds of Peleliu, the
black terraces of Iwo Jima and the killing fields of Okinawa, until at
last the survivors enjoyed a triumphant, yet uneasy, return home.

In The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose focuses on the real-life stories
of five men who put their lives on the line for our country. To deepen
the story revealed in the HBO miniseries and go beyond it, the book
dares to chart a great ocean of enmity known as the Pacific and the
brave men who fought.