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The Final Storm

A Novel of the War in the Pacific

A Novel of the War in the Pacific

A Novel of the War in the Pacific

By Jeff Shaara

By Jeff Shaara

By Jeff Shaara

By Jeff Shaara

By Jeff Shaara
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By Jeff Shaara
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Part of World War II

Part of World War II

Part of World War II

Paperback $18.00

Jan 10, 2012 | ISBN 9780345497956

Ebook $9.99

May 17, 2011 | ISBN 9780345526434

Audiobook Download $27.50

May 17, 2011 | 1226 Minutes

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    About The Final Storm

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
     
    With the war in Europe winding down in the spring of 1945, the United States turns its vast military resources toward a furious assault on the last great stepping-stone to Japan—the heavily fortified island of Okinawa. The three-month battle in the Pacific theater will feature some of the most vicious combat of the entire Second World War, as American troops confront an enemy that would rather be slaughtered than experience the shame of surrender. Meanwhile, stateside, a different kind of campaign is being waged in secret: the development of a weapon so powerful, not even the scientists who build it know just what they are about to unleash. Colonel Paul Tibbets, one of the finest bomber pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps, is selected to lead the mission to drop the horrific new weapon on a Japanese city. As President Harry S Truman mulls his options and Japanese physician Okiro Hamishita cares for patients at a clinic near Hiroshima, citizens on the home front await the day of reckoning that everyone knows is coming.

    About The Final Storm

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
     
    With the war in Europe winding down in the spring of 1945, the United States turns its vast military resources toward a furious assault on the last great stepping-stone to Japan—the heavily fortified island of Okinawa. The three-month battle in the Pacific theater will feature some of the most vicious combat of the entire Second World War, as American troops confront an enemy that would rather be slaughtered than experience the shame of surrender. Meanwhile, stateside, a different kind of campaign is being waged in secret: the development of a weapon so powerful, not even the scientists who build it know just what they are about to unleash. Colonel Paul Tibbets, one of the finest bomber pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps, is selected to lead the mission to drop the horrific new weapon on a Japanese city. As President Harry S Truman mulls his options and Japanese physician Okiro Hamishita cares for patients at a clinic near Hiroshima, citizens on the home front await the day of reckoning that everyone knows is coming.

    About The Final Storm

    The Final Storm opens a new front in Jeff Shaara’s gripping chronicle of World War II as soldiers, sailors, and marines sacrifice all for one final push toward decisive victory in the fierce maelstrom of the Pacific theater.

    As the war in Europe winds down in the wake of the Normandy invasion, the United States has turned its vast military resources toward an all-out effort against the Japanese. In the spring of 1945, Japan’s empire has been pressed slowly back toward its home islands, and the Americans mount a furious assault on the last great stepping-stone to Japan itself—the heavily fortified island of Okinawa. The three-month battle will feature some of the most vicious combat of the entire war, as American troops confront an enemy that would rather be slaughtered than experience the shame of surrender.

    With a narrative dexterity befitting his status as a master storyteller, Shaara relates the story of the struggle for Okinawa through the eyes of combatants on both sides: Private Clay Adams, a young marine whose brother Jesse has already earned his share of glory as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne in Europe; Admiral Chester Nimitz, who must unite rival army and marine commanders into a cooperative effort; General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., the American ground commander trying to live up to the legacy of his father, who led Confederate troops during the Civil War; and General Mitsura Ushijima, the Japanese general in charge of defending the island, who understands what Tokyo will not believe: that his own fight to the death will only delay the inevitable—as the Americans continue their advance toward the home islands and ultimate victory.

    With the fights raging across the Pacific, a different kind of campaign is being waged in extraordinary secrecy: the development of a weapon so powerful, not even the scientists who build it know just what they are about to unleash. Colonel Paul Tibbets, one of the finest bomber pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps, is selected to lead the mission to drop the horrific new weapon on a Japanese city. As the new president, Harry S Truman, mulls his options, and a Japanese physician named Okiro Hamishita cares for patients at a clinic near the city of Hiroshima, citizens on the home front await the day of reckoning that everyone knows is coming.

    A fitting conclusion to one of the most riveting sagas in military fiction, The Final Storm illuminates the heroism and sacrifice that defined the war in the Pacific, bringing the conflict to life as only Jeff Shaara can.

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    About Jeff Shaara

    Jeff Shaara is the New York Times bestselling author of The Fateful Lightning, The Smoke at Dawn, A Chain of Thunder, A Blaze of Glory, The Final Storm, No Less Than Victory, The Steel Wave, The Rising Tide, To the… More about Jeff Shaara

    About Jeff Shaara

    Jeff Shaara is the New York Times bestselling author of The Fateful Lightning, The Smoke at Dawn, A Chain of Thunder, A Blaze of Glory, The Final Storm, No Less Than Victory, The Steel Wave, The Rising Tide, To the… More about Jeff Shaara

    About Jeff Shaara

    Jeff Shaara is the New York Times bestselling author of The Fateful Lightning, The Smoke at Dawn, A Chain of Thunder, A Blaze of Glory, The Final Storm, No Less Than Victory, The Steel Wave, The Rising Tide, To the… More about Jeff Shaara

    Product Details

    Category: Historical Fiction | Military Fiction

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Jan 10, 2012 | 480 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780345497956

    Category: Historical Fiction | Military Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    May 17, 2011 | 480 Pages | ISBN 9780345526434

    Category: Historical Fiction | Military Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $27.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    May 17, 2011 | 1226 Minutes | ISBN 9780307912114

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    Praise

    “A moving and riveting read—one of Shaara’s best.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer
     
    “Whether you’re a military veteran or currently serving in the armed forces, or you’re a history buff or just enjoy a well-told tale, check out Jeff Shaara. Nobody tells war stories any better.”—The Sacramento Bee
     
    “Extraordinarily evocative . . . Told from the perspectives of combatants and military leaders, both American and Japanese, the resulting balanced overview lends historical authenticity to the gripping fictional narrative.”—Booklist
     
    “Fast-paced, engaging and absorbing.”—Galveston County Daily News
     
    “Highly recommended.”—Library Journal

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