| Goodbye Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War Contributor(s): Manchester, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1613838530 ISBN-13: 9781613838532 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $28.90 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: April 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.1" W x 8" (0.85 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of a battle-weary youth (himself), "angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms." To find out, Manchester visited those places in the Pacific where as a young Marine he fought the Japanese, and in this book examines his experiences in the line with his fellow soldiers (his "brothers"). He gives us an honest and unabashedly emotional account of his part in the war in the Pacific. "The most moving memoir of combat on WW II that I have ever read. A testimony to the fortitude of man...a gripping, haunting, book." --William L. Shirer |