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NorthCounty Times Eric Hammel has written nearly 40 narrative and pictorial histories of World War II. In his most recent book, Islands of Hell: The U.S. Marines in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945, he presents a masterful and extensively researched pictorial history of the final year of the Pacific island-hopping campaign...Hammel's research is deep, and his knowledge of the war is vast. He provides insights and context that make the book much more than a collection of photos, enhancing the reader's immersive experience... Hammel has created in Islands of Hell a beautiful, high-quality coffee-table book, well-suited for the historian, the novice and the warrior. During the battle for Iwo Jima, Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz remarked of the American forces that uncommon valor was a common virtue. The author allows each reader a glimpse into the valor and virtues of the Greatest Generation. *** 1/2 (out of four) ---

North County Times Eric Hammel has written nearly 40 narrative and pictorial histories of World War II. In his most recent book, Islands of Hell: The U.S. Marines in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945, he presents a masterful and extensively researched pictorial history of the final year of the Pacific island-hopping campaign...Hammel's research is deep, and his knowledge of the war is vast. He provides insights and context that make the book much more than a collection of photos, enhancing the reader's immersive experience... Hammel has created in Islands of Hell a beautiful, high-quality coffee-table book, well-suited for the historian, the novice and the warrior. During the battle for Iwo Jima, Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz remarked of the American forces that uncommon valor was a common virtue. The author allows each reader a glimpse into the valor and virtues of the Greatest Generation. <br>*** 1/2 (out of four)

North County Times Eric Hammel has written nearly 40 narrative and pictorial histories of World War II. In his most recent book, Islands of Hell: The U.S. Marines in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945, he presents a masterful and extensively researched pictorial history of the final year of the Pacific island-hopping campaign...Hammel's research is deep, and his knowledge of the war is vast. He provides insights and context that make the book much more than a collection of photos, enhancing the reader's immersive experience... Hammel has created in Islands of Hell a beautiful, high-quality coffee-table book, well-suited for the historian, the novice and the warrior. During the battle for Iwo Jima, Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz remarked of the American forces that uncommon valor was a common virtue. The author allows each reader a glimpse into the valor and virtues of the Greatest Generation. *** 1/2 (out of four)

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Eric Hammel is a critically acclaimed military historian and author of more than thirty combat and pictorial histories, including the extremely popular Iwo Jima: Portrait of a Battle (Zenith Press 2006). He lives in Northern California.

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