The Thin Red Line
In 1942 an American army unit is sent to the island of Guadalcanal, where the Japanese mount a desperate offensive to establish their superiority in the Southwest Pacific. This is a graphic and unsparing story, from the battles and jungle patrols, to the departure of the survivors.
In 1942 an American army unit is sent to the island of Guadalcanal, where the Japanese mount a desperate offensive to establish their superiority in the Southwest Pacific. This is a graphic and unsparing story, from the battles and jungle patrols, to the departure of the survivors.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780340717523 (0340717521)
Publish date: May 7th 1998
Publisher: Sceptre
Pages no: 475
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
History,
Literature,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
American,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century,
War,
Military,
World War II
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Couplea war books I haven't read. Sigh.
A true masterpiece and one of my favorite novels. Although it has all the realistic, gritty detailing that any novel recounting World War 2 Guadalcanal should have, it is so much more. The reader will indeed learn which gun is which and which rank is which. They will understand what needs to happen ...
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