Veuillez renouveler votre requête plus tard. Wow. Many others will put it down without finishing it because it is, as the lady who loaned it to me said, rather gruesome. I really like Mr. Bradley's view on everything he discusses in the book. He does not gloss over the American atrocities of strafing innocent fishermen, firebombing Japanese cities, and even dropping the atomic bombs.
This event is now known as the Chichijima incident. Choisissez la méthode d'envoi et achetez l'ebook, Les destinataires peuvent lire l'ebook reçu sur n'importe quel appareil. Des tiers approuvés ont également recours à ces outils dans le cadre de notre affichage d’annonces. Grateful to have read the stories of these men's lives, This is ostensibly the story of eight WWII flyboys (and one unknown flyer) who were shot down in attempting to take out the radio communications center on Chichi Jima, a much less notable location than its sister island, Iwo Jima, where most history focuses. Pour calculer l'évaluation globale en nombre d'étoiles et la répartition en pourcentage par étoile, nous n'utilisons pas une moyenne simple.
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One of them, George H. W. Bush, was miraculously rescued. All were captured except for one, future President George Bush. It was heart wrenching reading about what happened to them, what they went through, what their families went through, etc. Wow. Bradley's work is a terrific read, thoroughly engaging at all times, even if his desire for politically-correct history occasionally detracts from the narrative his own sources are clearly detailing. Vous écoutez un extrait de l'édition audio Audible. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage (English Edition). Bush, while the others were executed by the Japanese. Before reading this book I was 'on the fence' about the US use of the atomic bomb; I am no longer on the fence and am now convinced it was merited and additionally that it wasn't as bad as today's generation (that wasn't alive during this time) makes it out to be. Les promotions s'appliquent lorsque vous achetez. Un problème s'est produit lors du chargement de ce menu pour le moment. I learned a lot of things I didn't want to know. And that struggle is one I don't think we should ever stop feeling, as without it we will let war and its horror happen too easily, too quickly, and without real cause. a été ajouté à votre Panier.
À la place, notre système tient compte de facteurs tels que l'ancienneté d'un commentaire et si le commentateur a acheté l'article sur Amazon. It’s exceedingly gory in parts, so you either need to have a strong constitution or skip it; once you’ve read it you can’t erase it from your memory.
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What happens to the captured men shows the depravity of war and the perversion of the ancient Japanese way of Bushido. I knew going in that this book was about WWII, but it was more graphic and disturbing than I thought it would be.
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This is a fascinating story of the Pacific air war in WWII, with a side focus on the fates of nine American flyers who were shot down over the tiny island of Chichi Jima. I am not a big fan of WWII histories but this was probably among the best histories of any period I have ever read.
Pour sortir de ce carrousel, utilisez votre touche de raccourci d'en-tête pour accéder à l'en-tête suivant ou précédent. Again he approaches the conflict focused on a small group of men: nine American Navy and Marine aviators who were shot down off the Japanese-held island of Chichi Jima in February 1945. Just when that starts to get interesting all the sudden we are subjected to a chapter of how American's have a history of committing atrocities and wiping out the Indians starting from the very beginning of Western civilization coming to the New World. Those attitudes, Bradley argues, played a large role in the brutal training of the Japanese army, which led to atrocities that in turn sharpened already keen American hostility.
This is ostensibly the story of eight WWII flyboys (and one unknown flyer) who were shot down in attempting to take out the radio communications center on Chichi Jima, a much less notable location than its sister island, Iwo Jima, where most history focuses. For Christmas, I got this as a book on tape, but I enjoyed the first chapters so much that I went out and bought the book. Les membres Amazon Prime profitent de la livraison accélérée gratuite sur des millions d’articles, d’un accès à des milliers de films et séries sur Prime Video, et de nombreux autres avantages. He was picked up by a American. This book proves my conclusion. Désolé, un problème s'est produit lors de l'enregistrement de vos préférences en matière de cookies. I feel Bradley gives a well-rounded perspective from both the American and Japanese sides. Pour signaler une violation de droits d'auteur. Bradley's quest for the truth took him from dusty attics in American small towns, to untapped government archives containing classified documents, to the heart of Japan, and finally to Chichi Jima itself.
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