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The Pacific (The Official HBO/Sky TV Tie-In)

Written by: Hugh Ambrose
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
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Some years ago Hugh Ambrose embarked on a research project into the war in the Pacific with his father Stephen Ambrose, the celebrated author of BAND OF BROTHERS. Weaving together hundreds of testimonies from WWII veterans they built a massive archive of primary source material - oral histories, diaries, letter collections, memoirs, photos and military reports - documenting the personal battles these young man fought, and the sweep of the larger conflict in the Pacific. The project coincided with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman expressing an interest in making a television drama about this region of the Second World War and the miniseries was born. When Stephen Ambrose died in 2002, Hugh undertook to finish the project and write this book.

Covering nearly four years of combat, this volume offers a unique historical perspective on the war against Japan. These are the true stories of the men who put their lives on the line for their 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 soldiers and civilians alike; and men whose medals came at a shocking price - a price paid in full by all.

©2010 Hugh Ambrose
Entertainment & Performing Arts Film & TV Military Wars & Conflicts World War II
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Critic Reviews

"A brutal account ... for those who want more of the nightmare of those foxholes after ten hours of The Pacific, this book is for you."
"Extremely good ... he lets his soldiers tell the story. Through those young men we are given an uncompromising picture of the war, which, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, most Americans believed to be their most important engagement. The TV series might offer us a glimpse of that distant conflict in the Pacific. Hugh Ambrose's book gives us the greatestgeneration in the round."
"A compelling book which affords Pacific veterans the testament they deserve." (Julian Fleming)
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