Into the Rising Sun: World War II's Pacific Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat

Author:   Patrick K O'Donnell
Publisher:   Free Press
ISBN:  

9781439192580


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   23 February 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Patrick K O'Donnell
Publisher:   Free Press
Imprint:   Free Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 20.80cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781439192580


ISBN 10:   1439192588
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   23 February 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Hampton Sides Author of Ghost Soldiers Spending untold hours with proud and often laconic veterans, coaxing their stories with meticulous care, O'Donnell has shown us the wet, dark, jungled truth of the Pacific War.


Spending untold hours with proud and often laconic veterans, coaxing their stories with meticulous care, O'Donnell has shown us the wet, dark, jungled truth of the Pacific War. <br> --Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers


Spending untold hours with proud and often laconic veterans, coaxing their stories with meticulous care, O'Donnell has shown us the wet, dark, jungled truth of the Pacific War. --Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers


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"Bestselling author Patrick K. O'Donnell is a special operations historian who has written nine previous books: First SEALs; Beyond Valor; Into the Rising Sun; Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs; The Brenner Assignment; They Dared Return; We Were One (selected for the Marine Commandant's Professional Reading List); Give Me Tomorrow; and Dog Company. The author is the recipient of numerous awards including the prestigious William E. Colby Award and the OSS Society's John Waller Award. He has provided historical consultation for DreamWorks's award-winning miniseries Band of Brothers and for documentaries produced by the BBC, the History Channel, and Fox News. He served as a combat historian in a Marine rifle platoon during the Battle of Fallujah and is in demand as an expert speaker on WWII espionage, special operations, and counterinsurgency on the modern battlefield. Over the past twenty years, O'Donnell has interviewed more than 4,000 veterans who fought in America's wars from WWI to Afghanistan and specializes in ""unearthing untold true stories that read like novels."" Visit him online at PatrickKODonnell.com."

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