Flags of our fathers / James Bradley with Ron Powers.
Record details
- ISBN: 0553589083 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 0553589083
- ISBN: 9780553589085 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780553589085
- Physical Description: viii., 562 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 18 cm.
- Edition: Bantam mass market ed.
- Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, 2006.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [544]-562) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Sacred Ground -- All-American boys -- America's war -- Call of duty -- Forging the spearhead -- Armada -- D-Day -- D-Day plus one -- D-Day plus two -- D-Day plus three -- "So every son of a bitch on this whole cruddy island can see it!" -- Myths -- "Like hell with the fire out" -- Antigo -- Coming home -- Mighty 7th -- Conflict of honor -- Movies and monuments -- Casualties of war -- Common virtue -- Afterword to the 2006 paperback -- Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Interior photo list and credits -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the authors. |
Summary, etc.: | Chronicles one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, focusing on the men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. |