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Ghost Soldiers : The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission

Ghost Soldiers : The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A gripping account of WWII POW rescue mission
Review: I really learned a lot of things I did not know about WWII when I read this book. A relative gave it to me as a gift since military history is one of my favorite subjects. Before reading this book, I have not spent much time learning about the pacific theatre. I have always thought that the European part of WWII much more interesting. This book has completely changed my perspective.

The book focuses on the surrender of the Phillipines to the Imperiel Japanes Army, the treatment of allied POWs by the Japanese, and subsequent rescue mission by US Army Rangers. All three topics make for fascinating, eye-opening discovery. The author uses a lot of personal accounts and quotes from soldiers who lived through this saga, which adds an element of realism that I have not found in many other books. This technique drew me into the story and gave me a whole new perspective about what happened to these soldiers. Your heart will ache when you learn about the treatment of the POWs, and leap with joy during the rescue mission portion.

I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a unique story from WWII. This book is not a dry, boring history book. Instead it tells the sad story of what happened to our soldiers in the Phillipines during WWII, and the inspiring story of the men who rescued them. The fact that any of the POWs survived their ordeal is a miracle, and the story of how the US Army rangers completed this "mission impossible" is fascinating. For anyone currently serving in the military, get it and read it. It will give you a whole new appreciation of those who have gone before us (some paying the ultimaye price), and motivate you to do well the duty that lies before you.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Riveting!
Review: With "Ghost Soldiers" Hampton Sides has given us a thoroughly engrossing and vivid look at the Bataan Death March and the Ranger rescue several years later. Sides organized this fascinating tale very well as he alternates from the tale of the death march prisoners to the story of the Ranger rescue participants until the point when their stories converge in an amazing climax that will have the reader gripping the pages.

Not only does this book give us a history lesson that has been largely forgotten, it gives us back heroes we may never have heard of. It's more than a horrifying description of man's inhumanity to man; it is also a glorious celebration of honor, courage and humanity.

Warning: reading this book will make it very difficult (okay, impossible) to complain about the blister on your heel, the bad meal you had last night, or how hot it is when your A/C goes out.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An instant Classic
Review: I would have to rate this one of the best and enjoyable history book of this year. After seeing the author being interviewed on the Today show, I knew I had to read it. The book is very well written and enjoyable to read. The accounts by Sides are very candid and graphic, which adds to the book being about both the tragedy and victory of war. Sides also describes the death march being brought about by poor Japanese logistics, as well as their cultural view regarding prisoners. This account has escaped readers for so long is now magnificently told.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: it should be a movie
Review: this is one war story that should be told in a movie.

it is a real event that should be told. the rescue mission was executed by real heroes!!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Fading Memories
Review: Though this story has been told before, never has it been more readable. This tale needs to be told before the participants become ghosts themselves. Stoic heroes have found a story teller worthy of the tale. You will not put this one down until you have ascertained the fate of the men written about in this suspense filled history lesson.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Peter Straub would be ashamed!
Review: Ok, here we go. And believe me, I'll try to keep the invective minimized. I read the "Original" Ghost Story, by Peter Straub some years ago, and let me say gang it was a classic with a capital K!! Gave me the creeps for months. So imagine to my delight that Master Straub's original notion had been reconstructed during the big one. (That's WW2 to the uninformed) Well my only comment is that this is a poor excuse for a sequel. Not a bad war story, but can't hold a candle to the original. Happy reading to all of my good friends here at Amazon.com. Keep the rubber side down and I'll see you at Sturgis.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Fantastic Story
Review: Really a well-written and easily followed book. One of the most incredibly true and brave events of WWII, I had a hard time putting this one down. Mr. Sides has thoroughly researched his subjects and included a large number of first person accounts of the events as they're described. This one's a keeper.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best Introduction to WWII Literature
Review: Even if you rarely read "war books," I defy you to read the first few pages of Hampton Sides' superb new book without reading on. GHOST SOLDIERS heralds the arrival of a fine historical journalist -- as adept at recounting critical facts and figures as he is at spinning a gripping, very moving tale. Before I read this book (in three sittings), I had never heard of Robert Prince, Henry Mucci, or the extraordinary team of rangers and guerrillas who liberated the survivors of the Bataan death march. Now I will tell every intelligent person I know.

Sides' book reminds us that no matter how badly our civilization has decayed, it still has a moral center and within that center greatness is still possible. So -- thank goodness -- are books like this.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Ghost Soldiers
Review: Hampton Sides has recounted an incredible story. The writing is superb. He keeps you turning pages in breathless anticipation of what will come next. I found myself in tears at the end. It is so important to remember those men, POW's and rescuers, their heroism and sacrifice should be honored and never forgotten.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Truth beats fiction
Review: This is an admirable book, and the story would be unbelievable if not so meticulously documented by eyewitnesses. Mr. Sides skillfully moves back and forth between the histories of the Bataan prisoners and their Ranger liberators, dovetailing them neatly together at the time of the climactic raid. The narrative is gripping and will bring tears to the eyes of all but the hardest-hearted readers.

I consider myself an above-average student of the events of that war, but I had never heard of this incident before -- yet it perfectly summarizes what the bitter sacrifices of the war in the Pacific were all about. Thanks to the author for bringing it back to light, and shame on the rest of us for letting it slip from memory.


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