The Story of World War II: Revised, Expanded, and Updated from the Original Text

The Story of World War II

by Donald L. Miller

Drawing on hundreds of previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, this sweeping narrative history covers the entire war and includes new material on the fighting in the Pacific, the dropping of the atomic bomb, and the contributions of African Americans and other minorities.

FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New

Publisher Description

Drawing on previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, prizewinning historian Donald L. Miller has written what critics are calling one of the most powerful accounts of warfare ever published. Here are the horror and heroism of World War II in the words of the men who fought it, the journalists who covered it, and the civilians who were caught in its fury. Miller gives us an up-close, deeply personal view of a war that was more savagely fought — and whose outcome was in greater doubt — than readers might imagine. This is the war that Americans at the home front would have read about had they had access to the previously censored testimony of the soldiers on which Miller builds his gripping narrative.

Miller covers the entire war — on land, at sea, and in the air — and provides new coverage of the brutal island fighting in the Pacific, the bomber war over Europe, the liberation of the death camps, and the contributions of African Americans and other minorities. He concludes with a suspenseful, never-before-told story of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, based on interviews with the men who flew the mission that ended the war.

Author Biography

In 2005 Donald Miller started"The Mentoring Project, " an organization that helps churches start mentoring programs and pairs mentors with boys in need. Don's work with the fatherless led the Obama administration to invite him onto the president's task force on fatherlessness and mentoring. Donald is the director of "The Burnside Writers Collective", an online magazine. He is a frequent speaker, appearing at events such as the Women of Faith Conference, The Democratic National Convention, and Harvard University. He still lives in Portland, Oregon with his dog Lucy

Table of Contents

Contents PREFACE The Nazi Juggernaut Britain Stands Alone From the Vistula to the Volga The Rising Sun The Hard Way Back The Dead of Tarawa Up the Bloody Boot The Air War The Great Invasion From Normandy to Germany The Battle of the Bulge The Marianas A Marine at Peleliu The Return The B-29s Make Them Remember From the Volga to the Oder Across the Rhine Iwo Jima Okinawa The Setting Sun Victory NOTES INDEX

Review

Martin Blumenson Author of Patton Beautifully done. Donald Miller has made combat, wherever it occurred in World War II, alive and immediate. James Bradley Author of Flags of Our Fathers This is the book that deserves to be titled The Story of World War II....If you seek the book that best conveys the "you are there" experience of history's greatest conflict, you hold that book in your hands. David McCullough Author of John Adams A major publishing event. Donald Miller's additions to the original account are outstanding, and the total effect is one few readers will ever forget.

Long Description

Drawing on previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, prizewinning historian Donald L. Miller has written what critics are calling one of the most powerful accounts of warfare ever published. Here are the horror and heroism of World War II in the words of the men who fought it, the journalists who covered it, and the civilians who were caught in its fury. Miller gives us an up-close, deeply personal view of a war that was more savagely fought -- and whose outcome was in greater doubt -- than readers might imagine. This is the war that Americans at the home front would have read about had they had access to the previously censored testimony of the soldiers on which Miller builds his gripping narrative.Miller covers the entire war -- on land, at sea, and in the air -- and provides new coverage of the brutal island fighting in the Pacific, the bomber war over Europe, the liberation of the death camps, and the contributions of African Americans and other minorities. He concludes with a suspenseful, never-before-told story of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, based on interviews with the men who flew the mission that ended the war.

Review Quote

Martin BlumensonAuthor ofPattonBeautifully done. Donald Miller has made combat, wherever it occurred in World War II, alive and immediate.

Details ISBN0743227182 Author Donald L. Miller Short Title STORY OF WWII REVISED EXPANDED Pages 576 Publisher Touchstone Books Edition Description Revised, Expand Language English ISBN-10 0743227182 ISBN-13 9780743227186 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 940.53 Illustrations Yes Year 2002 Publication Date 2002-11-30 Imprint Simon & Schuster Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Birth 1944 Subtitle Revised, Expanded, and Updated from the Original Text by Henry Steele Commanger DOI 10.1604/9780743227186 Audience General/Trade AU Release Date 2002-11-11 NZ Release Date 2002-11-11 US Release Date 2002-11-11 UK Release Date 2002-11-11

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• Condition: Neu
• ISBN-13: 9780743227186
• Book Title: The Story of World War II
• ISBN: 9780743227186
• EAN: 9780743227186
• Publication Year: 2002
• Type: Textbook
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• Publication Name: Story of World War Ii, the
• Item Height: 240mm
• Author: Miller
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Item Width: 160mm
• Subject: History
• Item Weight: 1162g
• Number of Pages: 704 Pages

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