The Pacific: Hell Was an Ocean Away [Paperback]

TheNew York Timesbestselling official companion book to the Emmy® Award-winning HBO® miniseries.

Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. From the debacle in Bataan, to the miracle at Midway and the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, their solemn oaths to their country later led one to the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot and the others to the coral strongholds of Peleliu, the black terraces of Iwo Jima and the killing fields of Okinawa, until at last the survivors enjoyed a triumphant, yet uneasy, return home.

InThe Pacific, Hugh Ambrose focuses on the real-life stories of five men who put their lives on the line for our country. To deepen the story revealed in the HBO® miniseries and go beyond it, the book dares to chart a great ocean of enmity known as the Pacific and the brave men who fought.Praise forThe Pacific

“Doing for the war against Japan whatBand of Brothersdid for the war against Germany, Ambrose’s history effectively immerses readers in the Good War’s second front.”—Publishers Weekly

“Ambrose’s narrative is convincing...[he] shows the possibilities of readable and complex military history.”—Dr. Allan Millett, Director, Eisenhower Center for American Studies, The National World War II MuseumHugh Ambrosewas a noted historian and was a consultant on the documentaryPrice for Peace, for which Steven Spielberg and Stephen Ambrose were the Executive Producers. He was a consultant to his father on his books, and served as the historical consultant on HBO®'sThe Pacificminiseries. Ambrose was also the former vice president of the National WWII Museum and led battlefield tours through Eurlƒ$