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The Final Storm: A Novel of the War in the Pacific by Shaara, Jeff
by Shaara, Jeff | HC | Good
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 0345497945
- Book Title
- Final Storm : a Novel of the War in the Pacific
- Book Series
- World War II Ser.
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.5 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- War & Military, Action & Adventure, Historical
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Item Weight
- 25.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 480 Pages
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The Final Storm opens a new front in Jeff Shaara's gripping chronicle of World War II as soldiers, sailors, and marines sacrifice all for one final push toward decisive victory in the fierce maelstrom of the Pacific theater. As the war in Europe winds down in the wake of the Normandy invasion, the United States has turned its vast military resources toward an all-out effort against the Japanese. In the spring of 1945, Japan's empire has been pressed slowly back toward its home islands, and the Americans mount a furious assault on the last great stepping-stone to Japan itself--the heavily fortified island of Okinawa. The three-month battle will feature some of the most vicious combat of the entire war, as American troops confront an enemy that would rather be slaughtered than experience the shame of surrender. With a narrative dexterity befitting his status as a master storyteller, Shaara relates the story of the struggle for Okinawa through the eyes of combatants on both sides: Private Clay Adams, a young marine whose brother Jesse has already earned his share of glory as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne in Europe; Admiral Chester Nimitz, who must unite rival army and marine commanders into a cooperative effort; General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., the American ground commander trying to live up to the legacy of his father, who led Confederate troops during the Civil War; and General Mitsura Ushijima, the Japanese general in charge of defending the island, who understands what Tokyo will not believe: that his own fight to the death will only delay the inevitable--as the Americans continue their advance toward the home islands and ultimate victory. With the fights raging across the Pacific, a different kind of campaign is being waged in extraordinary secrecy: the development of a weapon so powerful, not even the scientists who build it know just what they are about to unleash. Colonel Paul Tibbets, one of the finest bomber pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps, is selected to lead the mission to drop the horrific new weapon on a Japanese city. As the new president, Harry S Truman, mulls his options, and a Japanese physician named Okiro Hamishita cares for patients at a clinic near the city of Hiroshima, citizens on the home front await the day of reckoning that everyone knows is coming. A fitting conclusion to one of the most riveting sagas in military fiction, The Final Storm illuminates the heroism and sacrifice that defined the war in the Pacific, bringing the conflict to life as only Jeff Shaara can.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0345497945
ISBN-13
9780345497949
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102849620
Product Key Features
Book Title
Final Storm : a Novel of the War in the Pacific
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
War & Military, Action & Adventure, Historical
Book Series
World War II Ser.
Publication Year
2011
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Item Weight
25.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Series Volume Number
4
Lc Classification Number
Ps3569.H18f56 2011
Reviews
PRAISE FOR JEFF SHAARA'S ACCLAIMED WORLD WAR II NOVELS The Rising Tide "Wonderful . . . Shaara evokes the agony of desert warfare and the utter chaos of an airborne assault. . . . [A] sprawling, masterful opening act."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Shaara's research is finely woven into his narrative. . . . Shaara is apparently giving the people what they want--and what they need."-- The Wall Street Journal The Steel Wave "Magnificent . . . Intense, compelling, and thoroughly researched, this is much more than just an excellent historical novel."-- Library Journal "Pounding with fierce action and human drama, and packed with accurately rendered history, The Steel Wave is an eye-opening reminder of the bitterly high price that combat soldiers have always been called upon to pay."-- St. Petersburg Times No Less Than Victory "[An] incisive portrait of war . . . Shaara [is] one of the grand masters of military fiction.-- BookPage "Powerful . . . impossible to put down until the very end."--Huntington News Network, PRAISE FOR JEFF SHAARA'S ACCLAIMED WORLD WAR II NOVELS The Rising Tide "Wonderful . . . Shaara evokes the agony of desert warfare and the utter chaos of an airborne assault. . . . [A] sprawling, masterful opening act."- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Shaara's research is finely woven into his narrative. . . . Shaara is apparently giving the people what they want-and what they need."- The Wall Street Journal The Steel Wave "Magnificent . . . Intense, compelling, and thoroughly researched, this is much more than just an excellent historical novel."- Library Journal "Pounding with fierce action and human drama, and packed with accurately rendered history, The Steel Wave is an eye-opening reminder of the bitterly high price that combat soldiers have always been called upon to pay."- St. Petersburg Times No Less Than Victory "[An] incisive portrait of war . . . Shaara [is] one of the grand masters of military fiction.- BookPage "Powerful . . . impossible to put down until the very end."-Huntington News Network, PRAISE FOR JEFF SHAARA'S ACCLAIMED WORLD WAR II NOVELS The Rising Tide "Wonderful . . . Shaara evokes the agony of desert warfare and the utter chaos of an airborne assault. . . . [A] sprawling, masterful opening act."- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Shaara's research is finely woven into his narrative. . . . Shaara is apparently giving the people what they want-and what they need."- The Wall Street Journal The Steel Wave "Magnificent . . . Intense, compelling, and thoroughly researched, this is much more than just an excellent historical novel."- Library Journal "Pounding with fierce action and human drama, and packed with accurately rendered history, The Steel Wave is an eye-opening reminder of the bitterly high price that combat soldiers have always been called upon to pay."- St. Petersburg Times No Less Than Victory "[An] incisive portrait of war . . . Shaara [is] one of the grand masters of military fiction.- BookPage "Powerful . . . impossible to put down until the very end."-Huntington News Network From the Hardcover edition.
Copyright Date
2011
Lccn
2011-003096
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
22
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