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I loved Sledge's humility. Precious few human beings have endured extraordinary experiences like his as a Marine in the Pacific during World War II. Yet he channels the reader's admiration away from himself and toward the Marines he served alongside. It's impossible not to admire Sledge even though he tells his story in a way that never seeks our praise.
Too many people take too much pleasure in talking about themselves, but Sledge—a model Marine, a model American, and a model human being—is a welcome contrast to such people.
This was a brutish, primitive hatred, as characteristic of the horror of war in the Pacific as the palm trees and the islands...
Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as a twenty-year-old new recruit to the US Marines, Eugene Sledge can only try desperately to survive. At Peleliu and Okinawa - two of the fiercest and filthiest Pacific battles of WWII - he witnesses the dehumanising brutality displayed by both sides and the animal hatred that each soldier has for his enemy.
During temporary lapses in the fighting, conditions on…
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
A historical narrative in the usual nonfiction manner, but also including many transcripts of interviews with the men who lived and made the history, and profusely illustrated. In general, the book charts the American hatting industry from the industrial revolution through the rise and fall of hats to the early 2000s. The stories told by the primary sources are fascinating, and the detail on different types of hats and the industry in general is really informative.
