Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
William Manchester
The nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of a battle-weary youth (himself), "angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms." To find out, Manchester visited those places in the Pacific where as a young Marine he fought the Japanese, and in this book examines his experiences in the line with his fellow soldiers (his "brothers"). He gives us an honest and unabashedly emotional account of his part in the war in the Pacific.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Little
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN-13
- 9780316054638
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- World War IIPacific WarCombat experience
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1981)
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