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Title: Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission by Hampton Sides ISBN: 0-385-49564-1 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 15 May, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.74 (258 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Compelling rendering of an amazing mission.
Comment: The story of the liberation of the American POWs in Cabanatuan is wonderfully recounted by Hampton Sides. Sides has clearly done excellent research, both looking at the documentary records and conducting interviews of key participants. While the book is about the liberation of these survivors of the Bataan Death March, Hampton does an excellent job of including the history of the surrender of Bataan, the March and the harrowing years the in the POW camps. Chapters focusing on a horrifying element of the POWs' internment alternate with chapters about the Rangers plotting their amazing plan to free them. As you learn more about the blight of the POWs, you increasingly feel the same urgency the Rangers must have felt about achieving a successful raid. Throughout the book, Sides shows the heroism of the POWs and the Rangers. No reader will come away from this book without a profound sense admiration for the surviving POWs, an enormous respect for the bravery and skill of their rescuers and overwhelming sympathy and grief for those who did not return.
One word of caution: the prologue tells the story of the gruesome massacre of American POWs by the Japanese at Palawan. I think this is an important part of the book not only because this story should be told, but also because it explains the urgency of the Ranger's mission to liberate the camp at Cabanatuan. Nevertheless, the details of this massacre are so astoundingly cruel and gruesome that they may seriously disturb some readers. I gave the book to a friend who was so upset by the prolouge that he was unable to finish the book. I do think it's important to read the story of Palawan, but if you are that sensitive, skip the prolouge and go straight into the main text. Unfortunately, there will be plenty of horrifying episodes in the text, but none as gruesome as the massacre at Palawan.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Gripping Tale!
Comment: Another amazing story in the annals of US Military history. I am always intrigued by the bravery of our men at arms. This book tells the forgotten story of WWII prison camps and Japanese atrocity. While it's heart rending to read of our young men being beheaded by brutal enemy soldiers or stabbed to death with sabers, it's important to remember that the reality of war often exposes the savagery of men.
Ghost Soldiers is a gripping tale of heroism and endurance, you will weep for the young prisoners as they die at the hands of their Japanese captors and rejoice when the Ranger Battalion finally reaches them in the most daring rescue of World War II. I strong recommend this book to any avid reader of military non-fiction. It is very well written, fast paced and historically accurate. Add it to your library proudly.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Read
Comment: This is a tale that needed to be told, and no one could have done it better than Hampton Sides. His well-informed account of a daring WWII rescue mission draws the reader into the world of the POWs. The poor conditions of the camp and the cacophonus language he uses to convey the horrors of it create an excellent setting for Sides story-telling abilites to pervail. Each character is, then, given life and developed in such a way that the reader can identify with the people that have been portrayed throughout the pages of the book. With little time and small chance of success, the mission to rescue is planned, designed, and carried out in a heroic display of courage. The bravery and strength of both groups of soldiers is enough to make any American proud. As they struggle with starvation, disease, and the threat of the Japanese authorities, their will to live does not let up when it would seem the only option. Hampton Sides wrote a compelling and captivating account of a remarkable group of people that struggled against all the odds to come out triumphant. The heroism and bravery shown by our American soldiers in times of suffering is a testament to the American spirit.
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Title: Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley, Ron Powers ISBN: 0553111337 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton ISBN: 0805066322 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James Bradley ISBN: 0316105848 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides ISBN: 038549565X Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: We were Soldiers Once...And Young: Ia Drang--The Battle That Changed The War In Vietnam by Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway ISBN: 0679411585 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 20 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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