Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath
Author: Michael Norman
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Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath
English
ISBN: 2370002697
EAN: 2370002697439
Category: History / Military / General/History / Military / World War Ii/
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date: 06/09/2009
Synopsis:
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture—far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.
The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele’s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.
The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.
Awards: American Library Association Notable Books – null Audie Award – null
Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath
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