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Tales of the South Pacific
by James A. Michener
This thrilling work invites the reader to enter the exotic world of the South Pacific and luxuriate in the endless ocean, the coconut palms, the waves breaking into spray. And yet here also are the men and women caught up in the heady drama of World War II: the young Marine who falls for a beautiful Tonkinese girl; the Navy nurse whose prejudices are challenged by a French aristocrat; and all the soldiers and sailors preparing for war against the seemingly peaceful backdrop of a tropical paradise.
Year: 1947
Genre: WWII: Pacific Theater
The Naked and The Dead
by Norman Mailer
Written in gritty, journalistic detail, the story follows an army platoon of foot soldiers who are fighting for the possession of the Japanese-held island of Anopopei. Focusing on the experiences of a fourteen-man platoon stationed on a Japanese-held island in the South Pacific during World War II, and written in a journalistic style, it tells the moving story of the soldiers' struggle to retain a sense of dignity amidst the horror of warfare, and to find a source of meaning in their lives.
Year: 1948
Genre: World War II, WWII: Pacific Theater
From Here to Eternity
by James Jones
Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941. Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion welterweight and a fine bugler. But when he refuses to join the company's boxing team, he gets "the treatment" that may break him or kill him. First Sgt. Milton Anthony Warden knows how to soldier better than almost anyone, yet he's risking his career to have an affair with his commanding officer's wife. Both Warden and Prewitt are bound by a common bond: The Army is their heart and blood--and, possibly, their death.
Year: 1951
Genre: World War II, WWII: Pacific Theater
Bridge Over the River Kwai
by Pierre Boulle
1942: Boldly advancing through Asia, the Japanese need a train route from Burma going north. In a prison camp, British POWs are forced into labor. The bridge they build will become a symbol of service and survival to one prisoner, Colonel Nicholson, a proud perfectionist.
Year: 1952
Genre: World War II, WWII: Pacific Theater
King Rat
by James Clavell
Powerful and engrossing, King Rat artfully weaves the author's own World War II prison camp experiences into a compelling narrative of survival amidst the grim realities of war and what men can do when pushed to the edge. A taut masterwork of World War II historical fiction by bestselling author James Clavell.
Year: 1962
Genre: World War II, WWII: Pacific Theater
Titles
| Got It | Want It | Read It | Year | Title | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1947 | Tales of the South Pacific | by James A. Michener | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1948 | The Naked and The Dead | by Norman Mailer | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1951 | From Here to Eternity | by James Jones | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1952 | Bridge Over the River Kwai | by Pierre Boulle | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1962 | King Rat | by James Clavell | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1962 | The Thin Red Line | by James Jones | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2011 | The Final Storm | by Jeff Shaara | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2020 | To Wake the Giant | by Jeff Shaara | ||||||
