Sep 06, 2011 in the pacific, hugh ambrose focuses on the reallife stories of five men who put their lives on the line for our country. In this companion book to the hbo series on the war in the pacific, historian hugh ambrose focuses on five american soldiers who each took an active role in the difficult and costlyin terms of livescampaign to reach the japanese mainland. Ambrose spends an evening on the missouri river with his children. Dec 01, 2009 hugh alexander ambrose was an american historian and the author of a bestselling popular history of the pacific theater in world war ii. Between americas retreat from china in late 1941 and the moment that macarthurs plane landed in japan in august 1945, these five men sidney c. Initially, i thought reading a war book wont be that interesting that watching the movies but ambrose proved me wrong. Private sidney phillips first lieutenant austin shofner ensign vernon micheel private eugene sledge sergeant john basilone through the eyes of these five fearless and devoted men, hugh ambrose tells the epic story of the war in the pacific. Hugh ambrose was a noted historian and was a consultant on the documentary price for peace, for which steven spielberg and stephen ambrose were the executive producers. Hugh alexander ambrose august 12, 1966 may 23, 2015 was an american historian and the author of a bestselling popular history of the pacific theater in world war ii. Apr 15, 2010 hugh ambrose was a consultant on several books by his father, the bestselling historian stephen ambrose, and served as the historical consultant for the pacific miniseries.
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Island of the big death about the battle of guadalcanal in 194243 in the solomon islands. Philips, an easygoing alabama teenager, enlisted along with a friend. Hugh ambrose, the son of band of brothers author stephen ambrose, served as a project consultant. The book went on sale march 2, 2010, and the miniseries debuted march 14. Hugh ambrose shares his familys passion for history with his book the pacific this page. The pacific miniseries features the 1st marine divisions battles in the pacific, such as guadalcanal, cape gloucester, peleliu, and okinawa, as well as basilones involvement in the battle of iwo jima. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. The pacific by hugh ambrose pacific definition of pacific by the free dictionary define pacific.
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