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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.542528
Fabric Type: 9780553384154
Fax Number: Bantam Movie Tie-In Trade Pbk. Ed.
Legal Disclaimer: 0553384155
Maximum Color Depth: Bantam
Metal Type: Bantam
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 400
Total External Bays Free: August 29, 2006
Total Firewire Ports: Bantam
Total Parallel Ports: August 29, 2006
Bantam
Features:- ISBN13: 9780553384154
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Amazon.com Review:
The Battle of Iwo Jima, fought in the winter of 1945 on a rocky island south of Japan, brought a ferocious slice of hell to earth: in a month's time, more than 22,000 Japanese soldiers would die defending a patch of ground a third the size of Manhattan, while nearly 26,000 Americans fell taking it from them. The battle was a turning point in the war in the Pacific, and it produced one of World War II's enduring images: a photograph of six soldiers raising an American flag on the flank of Mount Suribachi, the island's commanding high point.
One of those young Americans was John Bradley, a Navy corpsman who a few days before had braved enemy mortar and machine-gun fire to administer first aid to a wounded Marine and then drag him to safety. For this act of heroism Bradley would receive the Navy Cross, an award second only to the Medal of Honor.
Bradley, who died in 1994, never mentioned his feat to his family. Only after his death did Bradley's son James begin to piece together the facts of his father's heroism, which was but one of countless acts of sacrifice made by the young men who fought at Iwo Jima. Flags of Our Fathers recounts the sometimes tragic life stories of the six men who raised the flag that February day--one an Arizona Indian who would die following an alcohol-soaked brawl, another a Kentucky hillbilly, still another a Pennsylvania steel-mill worker--and who became reluctant heroes in the bargain. A strongly felt and well-written entry in a spate of recent books on World War II, Flags gives a you-are-there depiction of that conflict's horrible arenas--and a moving homage to the men whom fate brought there. --Gregory McNamee
Product Description:
In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America.
In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima—and into history. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire that left the beaches strewn with comrades, they battled to the island's highest peak. And after climbing through a landscape of hell itself, they raised a flag.
Now the son of one of the flagraisers has written a powerful account of six very different young men who came together in a moment that will live forever.
To his family, John Bradley never spoke of the photograph or the war. But after his death at age seventy, his family discovered closed boxes of letters and photos. In Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley draws on those documents to retrace the lives of his father and the men of Easy Company. Following these men's paths to Iwo Jima, James Bradley has written a classic story of the heroic battle for the Pacific's most crucial island—an island riddled with Japanese tunnels and 22,000 fanatic defenders who would fight to the last man.
But perhaps the most interesting part of the story is what happened after the victory. The men in the photo—three were killed during the battle—were proclaimed heroes and flown home, to become reluctant symbols. For two of them, the adulation was shattering. Only James Bradley's father truly survived, displaying no copy of the famous photograph in his home, telling his son only: "The real heroes of Iwo Jima were the guys who didn't come back."
Few books ever have captured the complexity and furor of war and its aftermath as well as Flags of Our Fathers. A penetrating, epic look at a generation at war, this is history told with keen insight, enormous honesty, and the passion of a son paying homage to his father. It is the story of the difference between truth and myth, the meaning of being a hero, and the essence of the human experience of war.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Flags of Our Fathers First Edition In Dust JacketThe hardcover book arrived in just a few days in excellent new condition and costs less than $8.00 including shipping. What a deal!
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The details of the events on Iwo Jima provide a jumping off point for the author's long-term project exploring the genesis of the Pacific War and its later impact on the lives of the participants. This and subsequent volumes are must-reads for students of the period, whether or not they are sympathetic to his intent or views. The entire project is a worthy tribute to his father, who wisely deflected and reshaped the celebrity thrust upon him by his accidental presence at the moment an iconic photograph ... Read More
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Fantastic inside story to the events surrounding Iwo Jima and the men who raised the flag that lifted American spirit!...at least the men we THOUGHT raised the flag!
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This book borderlines 4.5 stars. I can not begin to describe all the emotions it brought out in me. The only reason I downgraded it was because it was a bit repetitive. I love the line "The real heroes of Iwo Jima are those who died there", but really how many times did it need to be said? And this wasn't the only thing repeated throughout the book. I also felt it dragged in places. But, this book left me in awe of those brave men who fought and gave their lives on that tiny little island. And it ... Read More
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Iwo Jima, February 1945. As U.S. soldiers slog bloodily through the most intense engagement in World War II's Pacific theater, six are sent to the top of the barren island's highest point, Mount Suribachi, to plant an American flag large enough to be seen by their comrade Marines still fighting below.
Thanks to an AP photographer it got seen, alright.
History's "most recognized" photograph, James Bradley calls it, of the six sticking a pipe with a jerry-rigged Old Glory atop of ... Read More
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