{"product_id":"the-pacific-by-hugh-ambrose-9781921758676","title":"The Pacific","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHugh Ambrose's bestseller follows the struggles and triumphs of four US Marines and a US Navy carrier pilot fighting in the Pacific region during World War II. Built on hundreds of hours of testimony, as well as diaries, letters and memoirs, \u003cem\u003eThe Pacific\u003c\/em\u003e tells the true stories of men who put their lives on the line for the Allied forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese were men 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe epic ten-part miniseries tracks the intertwined journeys of three US Marines: Robert Leckie (James Badge Dale), Eugene Sledge (Joe Mazzello), and John Basilone (Jon Seda). Their first battle with the Japanese on Guadalcanal takes them through the rainforests of Cape Gloucester and the strongholds of Pelelieu, across the bloody sands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and finally, to their triumphant but uneasy return home after V-J Day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46337820295404,"sku":"9781921758676","price":32.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5997883482872.jpg?v=1743720754","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-pacific-by-hugh-ambrose-9781921758676","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}