Synopses & Reviews
From the author of the bestselling Abandon Ship! comes aclassic work of World War II history.Richard F. Newcomb is one of the true masters of military storytelling. In researching Iwo Jima he interviewed hundreds of Iwo veterans, both American and Japanese; read the diaries and letters of fighting men; and combed through masses of official navy and marine records to write the full story of one of the most famous battles in U.S. history. With exceptional depth, intelligence, and emotional power, Newcomb recounts the events of February 19, 1945, in which common men were thrust into impossible circumstances, demonstrating valor and even humor amid the horror and chaos of war.
Richard F. Newcomb, one of the pioneers of narrative nonfiction, is the author of the bestselling Abandon Ship! and The Battle of Savo Island. He lives in Florida.
On February 19, 1945, the largest Marine force ever to go into battlebacked by the greatest armada ever assembled in the Pacificbegan its assault on a tiny rock island just 700 miles from Tokyo. Author Richard F. Newcomb interviewed hundreds of Iwo Jima veteransboth Americans and Japaneseread the diaries and letter of fighting men, and combed through masses of official Navy and Marine records to recapture the full story of one of the most famous battles in U.S. history. With exceptional depth, intelligence, and emotional power, Newcomb recounts the events of Iwo Jima, in which common men were thrust into impossible circumstances, yet demonstrated valor and even humor amidst the horror and chaos of war. First published in 1965, this classic tale of men and war helped define a genre revitalized by such recent bestsellers as Flags of Our Fathers and Ghost Soldiers.
"If there are any details this battle unknown to Mr. Newcomb, the chances are that theselike the name of the Unknown Soldierare known but to God."The New York Times Book Review
"A dramatic and honest accounting, worthy of the men who earned Admiral Nimitz's accolade of the battle where 'uncommon valor was a common virtue.'"Henry I. Shaw, Jr., The Washington Post
Review
"A dramatic and honest accounting, worthy of the men who earned Admiral Nimitz's accolade of the batttle where 'Uncommon valor was a common virtue.'"
--Henry I. Shaw, Jr., Washington Post
Synopsis
From the author of the bestselling Abandon Ship! comes aclassic work of World War II history.Richard F. Newcomb is one of the true masters of military storytelling. In researching Iwo Jima he interviewed hundreds of Iwo veterans, both American and Japanese; read the diaries and letters of fighting men; and combed through masses of official navy and marine records to write the full story of one of the most famous battles in U.S. history. With exceptional depth, intelligence, and emotional power, Newcomb recounts the events of February 19, 1945, in which common men were thrust into impossible circumstances, demonstrating valor and even humor amid the horror and chaos of war.
About the Author
Richard F. Newcomb, one of the pioneers of narrative nonfiction, is also the author of the bestselling
Abandon Ship! He lives in Florida.