Iwo Jima
Publishing Details
Iwo Jima
By (Author) Richard F. Newcomb
St Martin's Press
St Martin's Press
15th August 2002
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Second World War
Modern warfare
Naval forces and warfare
History of the Americas
940.5426
Physical Properties
352
Width 130mm, Height 218mm, Spine 22mm
428g
Description
From the author of the bestselling Abandon Ship! comes a classic work of World War II history, Richard F. Newcomb's Iwo Jima.
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.
Reviews
"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
Author Bio
Richard F. Newcomb, one of the pioneers of narrative nonfiction, is also the author of the bestselling Abandon Ship! He lives in Florida.
