{"product_id":"the-pacific","title":"The Pacific","description":"\u003cp\u003eHugh Ambrose's The Pacific brings readers to the front lines of the Pacific Theater through the interwoven real-life stories of five American servicemen who fought from the retreat in China and the fall of Bataan to Midway, Guadalcanal, the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot, Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Anchored in the period from late 1941 to General MacArthur's 1945 return, the narrative traces contrasting motivations—career soldiers and citizen enlistees alike—whose courage, sacrifices and hard-won medals reveal the brutal human cost of island-hopping warfare and the uneasy homecomings that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten as a companion to the HBO miniseries, the book emphasizes close-up frontline accounts and campaign narrative, blending archival research and firsthand testimony to chart the vast geography and intensity of the Pacific War. Published by New American Library in 2010 (ISBN 9780451230232), The Pacific is a collective biographical history focused on U.S. Marines, Navy and Army actions and is authored by historian Hugh Ambrose, who brings narrative clarity and a familial connection to American military historiography. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WW2 Bunker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44298895360102,"sku":"9780451230232","price":9.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/4926\/4998\/files\/KWocH--NJuqbKWUsiTBq2SOaHO3nYJuA2IUaqxxdwIw.jpg?v=1767231314","url":"https:\/\/ww2bunker.com\/products\/the-pacific","provider":"WW2 Bunker","version":"1.0","type":"link"}