Hugh Ambrose

In this companion to the HBO miniseries--executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman--Ambrose reveals the intertwined odysseys of four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy carrier pilot during World War II.

The Pacific

O LIVRO QUE ORIGINOU A MINISSÉRIE DO CANAL HBO PRODUZIDA POR STEVEN SPIELBERG E TOM HANKS O historiador Hugh Ambrose aprofunda a experiência da minissérie The Pacific por meio de uma poderosa perspectiva histórica e imediatista em primeira pessoa, revelando as odisseias entrelaçadas de um piloto da Marinha e de quatro fuzileiros navais norte-americanos. São relatos dos veteranos, que expressam com detalhes e paixão episódios até então desconhecidos pela maioria das pessoas. Cobrindo quase quatro anos de combate com um acesso sem precedentes a registros militares, cartas, diários, fotografias e entrevistas, este livro oferece uma perspectiva histórica única da guerra contra o Japão. • A obra figurou nas principais listas de mais vendidos, como a do The New York Times e do Publishers Weekly. • A minissérie The Pacific apresentada pelos produtores executivos Tom Hanks e Steven Spielberg, vencedores do Emmy e do Globo de Ouro com Band of Brothers, também da Bertrand Brasil.

O inferno a um oceano de distância

John Schuttler

A provocative new take on the women behind a perennially fascinating subject--Prohibition--by bestselling author and historian Hugh Ambrose. The passage of the 18th Amendment (banning the sale of alcohol) and the 19th (women's suffrage) in the same year is no coincidence. These two Constitutional Amendments enabled women to redefine themselves and their place in society in a way historians have neglected to explore. Liberated Spirits describes how the fight both to pass and later to repeal Prohibition was driven by women, as exemplified by two remarkable women in particular. With fierce drive and acumen, Mabel Willebrandt transcended the tremendous hurdles facing women lawyers and was appointed Assistant Attorney General. Though never a Prohibition campaigner, once in office she zealously pursued enforcement despite a corrupt and ineffectual agency. Wealthy Pauline Sabin had no formal education in law or government but she too fought entrenched discrimination to rise in the ranks of the Republican Party. While Prohibition meant little to her personally--aristocrats never lost access to booze--she seized the fight to repeal it as a platform to bring newly enfranchised women into the political process and compete on an equal footing with men. Along with a colorful cast of supporting characters, from rumrunners and Prohibition agents on the take to senators and feuding society matrons, Liberated Spirits brings the Roaring Twenties to life in a brand new way.

Two Women Who Battled Over Prohibition

Liberated Spirits

O historiador Hugh Ambrose aprofunda a experiência da minissérie The Pacific por meio de uma poderosa perspectiva histórica e imediatista em primeira pessoa, revelando as odisseias entrelaçadas de um piloto da Marinha e de quatro fuzileiros navais norte-americanos. São relatos dos veteranos, que expressam com detalhes e paixão episódios até então desconhecidos pela maioria das pessoas. Cobrindo quase quatro anos de combate com um acesso sem precedentes a registros militares, cartas, diários, fotografias e entrevistas, este livro oferece uma perspectiva histórica única da guerra contra o Japão.

Sidney C. Philips, an easygoing Alabama teenager, enlisted along with a friend. 'Manila John' Basilone was the son of immigrants who found happiness in the rough-and-ready life of a marine. Eugene B. Sledge watched his best friend and brother go off to war - and finally rebelled against his parents to follow them. 'Shifty' Shofner was the scion of a prominent family with a long record of military service. Ensign Vernon 'Mike' Micheel left the family farm to complete flight school. Between America's retreat from China in late 1941 and the moment that MacArthur's plane landed in Japan in August 1945, these five men fought many of the key battles of the war in the Pacific. Here, Hugh Ambrose focuses on their real-life experiences and those of their fellow servicemen, enhancing and expanding upon the story told in the HBO miniseries. Covering nearly four years of combat with unprecedented access to military records, letters, journals, memoirs, photographs and interviews, this volume offers a unique historical perspective on the war against Japan, from the debacle in Bataan to the miracle of Midway, the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, the black terraces of Iwo Jima and the killing fields of Okinawa - and ultimately the triumphant yet uneasy return home. These are the true stories of the men who put their lives on the line for their country, who were dispatched to the other side of the world to fight an enemy who preferred suicide to surrender; men who suffered hardship and humiliation in POW camps; men who witnessed casualties among soldiers and civilians alike; and men whose medals came at a shocking price - a price paid in full by all.

The Pacific (The Official HBO/Sky TV Tie-In)

V této odysseji z druhé světové války se prolínají opravdové osudy čtyř amerických mariňáků a jednoho pilota námořního letectva, kteří prošli válečným peklem všech zásadních bojů v Tichomoří — od bitvy s Japonci na Guadalcanalu, přes masakr na ostrově Iwodžima až po krvavé a prudké boje po vylodění na Okinawě na samém konci války. V knize jsou poutavě vylíčeny příběhy mužů, kteří dali v sázku životy, aby bojovali za svou vlast. Byli odveleni na druhý konec světa do války s nepřítelem, jenž upřednostňoval sebevraždu před kapitulací. Tito stateční muži poznali krutost a ponížení v zajateckých táborech, byli svědky nespočetných úmrtí v řadách vojáků i civilistů a za svá válečná ocenění zaplatili často měrou nejvyšší.Hugh Ambrose doplňuje individuální osudy pětice válečných hrdinů televizní série o poznatky načerpané při mnohaletém studiu válečných dokumentů, záznamů, deníků, dopisů a memoárů i při rozhovorech s válečnými veterány. Nabízí čtenářům jedinečný, mnohavrstevný a poutavý pohled na válku v Tichomoří. Ambroseho kniha je unikátní válečnou výpovědí spojující bezprostřední a naléhavé osobní prožitky očitých svědků s historicky přesným popisem přelomových válečných událostí.Hugh Ambrose je syn historika Stephena Ambroseho (jehož Bratrstvo neohrožených vyšlo v Jotě poprvé v roce 2002), renomovaný odborník na 2. světovou válku. Při natáčení seriálu Pacifik působil jako odborný konzultant.

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