A page-turning account of survival in the Pacific, but one that’s been told before.
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Moral Combat by Michael Burleigh
Calculating the Price of Victory When Defeat Is Not an Option
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World History at Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
At the 2010 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, World History will debut its new book series that features WWII veterans’ own stories interwoven with historic narrative, maps and graphics—War Stories: The Pacific, Vol. I, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal.
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Dark Days in Paris, the City of Light
World War II left a winding trail through the city best known for its art and culture.
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Music Review – Music Anthology: Next Stop Is Vietnam: The War On Record
Next Stop Is Vietnam: The War on Record, 1961-2008, is an epic 14 CD anthology of music directly related to the Vietnam War, along audio tracks of key news reports and speeches, and a heavily illustrated 304-page accompanying book, by Hugo Keesing
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Escape from Davao by John D. Lukacs
After the Death March, a small group of POWs summoned the strength to form a desperate plan.
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Interview – Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn
Karl Marlantes discusses his bestseller book, Matterhorn, how he came to write it, how it got published and what the reactions have been from readers, both veterans and nonveterans.
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Mincemeat: An Author Has His Say
An author should always have his say. This week: Denis Smyth, author of “Deathly Deception,” weighs in.
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Movie Review – My Lai, directed by Barack Goodman
My Lai, a TV documentary on the Vietnam War that premiered on The American Experience PBS, contains new interviews with C Company soldiers, door gunner Lawrence Colburn, and Aubrey Daniel, chief Army prosecutor in the trial of 2nd Lt. William Calley
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HBO’s ‘The Pacific’: About as Real as Hell on Screen Can Get
World War II magazine reviews ‘The Pacific,’ the new miniseries from the creators of ‘Band of Brothers,’ which airs Sundays at 9 pm beginning March 14 on HBO.