{"product_id":"the-final-storm-a-novel-of-the-war-in-the-pacific-9780739378205","title":"The Final Storm: A Novel of the War in the Pacific","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Final Storm opens a new front in Jeff Shaaras 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  Japans 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 itselfthe 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 inevitableas 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.  From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45924579737653,"sku":"ByrdShop_0739378201","price":98.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780739378205.jpg?v=1787677722","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-final-storm-a-novel-of-the-war-in-the-pacific-9780739378205","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}