Flags of Our Fathers父辈的旗帜

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出版社: Random House US
2006-08
版次: 2
ISBN: 9780553589344
定价: 56.90
装帧: 平装
开本: 32开
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 562页
正文语种: 英语
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  • InthisunforgettablechronicleofperhapsthemostfamousmomentinAmericanmilitaryhistory,JamesBradleyhascapturedtheglory,thetriumph,theheartbreak,andthelegacyofthesixmenwhoraisedtheflagatIwoJima.HereisthetruestorybehindtheimmortalphotographthathascometosymbolizethecourageandindomitablewillofAmerica.InFebruary1945,AmericanMarinesplungedintothesurfatIwoJima—andintohistory.Throughahailofmachine-gunandmortarfirethatleftthebeachesstrewnwithcomrades,theybattledtotheisland'shighestpeak.Andafterclimbingthroughalandscapeofhellitself,theyraisedaflag.Nowthesonofoneoftheflagraisershaswrittenapowerfulaccountofsixverydifferentyoungmenwhocametogetherinamomentthatwillliveforever.Tohisfamily,JohnBradleyneverspokeofthephotographorthewar.Butafterhisdeathatageseventy,hisfamilydiscoveredclosedboxesoflettersandphotos.InFlagsofOurFathers,JamesBradleydrawsonthosedocumentstoretracethelivesofhisfatherandthemenofEasyCompany.Followingthesemen'spathstoIwoJima,JamesBradleyhaswrittenaclassicstoryoftheheroicbattleforthePacific'smostcrucialisland—anislandriddledwithJapanesetunnelsand22,000fanaticdefenderswhowouldfighttothelastman.Butperhapsthemostinterestingpartofthestoryiswhathappenedafterthevictory.Themeninthephoto—threewerekilledduringthebattle—wereproclaimedheroesandflownhome,tobecomereluctantsymbols.Fortwoofthem,theadulationwasshattering.OnlyJamesBradley'sfathertrulysurvived,displayingnocopyofthefamousphotographinhishome,tellinghissononly:"TherealheroesofIwoJimaweretheguyswhodidn'tcomeback."FewbookseverhavecapturedthecomplexityandfurorofwaranditsaftermathaswellasFlagsofOurFathers.Apenetrating,epiclookatagenerationatwar,thisishistorytoldwithkeeninsight,enormoushonesty,andthepassionofasonpayinghomagetohisfather.Itisthestoryofthedifferencebetweentruthandmyth,themeaningofbeingahero,andtheessenceofthehumanexperienceofwar.FromtheHardcoveredition. JamesBradleyisthesonofJohn"Doc"Bradley,oneofthesixflag-raisers.Aspeakerandawriter,helivesinRye,NewYork.RonPowersisaPulitzerPrize-winningjournalist.HeistheauthorofWhiteTownDrowsingandDangerousWater:ABiographyoftheBoyWhoBecameMarkTwain.HelivesinVermont.
  • 内容简介:
    InthisunforgettablechronicleofperhapsthemostfamousmomentinAmericanmilitaryhistory,JamesBradleyhascapturedtheglory,thetriumph,theheartbreak,andthelegacyofthesixmenwhoraisedtheflagatIwoJima.HereisthetruestorybehindtheimmortalphotographthathascometosymbolizethecourageandindomitablewillofAmerica.InFebruary1945,AmericanMarinesplungedintothesurfatIwoJima—andintohistory.Throughahailofmachine-gunandmortarfirethatleftthebeachesstrewnwithcomrades,theybattledtotheisland'shighestpeak.Andafterclimbingthroughalandscapeofhellitself,theyraisedaflag.Nowthesonofoneoftheflagraisershaswrittenapowerfulaccountofsixverydifferentyoungmenwhocametogetherinamomentthatwillliveforever.Tohisfamily,JohnBradleyneverspokeofthephotographorthewar.Butafterhisdeathatageseventy,hisfamilydiscoveredclosedboxesoflettersandphotos.InFlagsofOurFathers,JamesBradleydrawsonthosedocumentstoretracethelivesofhisfatherandthemenofEasyCompany.Followingthesemen'spathstoIwoJima,JamesBradleyhaswrittenaclassicstoryoftheheroicbattleforthePacific'smostcrucialisland—anislandriddledwithJapanesetunnelsand22,000fanaticdefenderswhowouldfighttothelastman.Butperhapsthemostinterestingpartofthestoryiswhathappenedafterthevictory.Themeninthephoto—threewerekilledduringthebattle—wereproclaimedheroesandflownhome,tobecomereluctantsymbols.Fortwoofthem,theadulationwasshattering.OnlyJamesBradley'sfathertrulysurvived,displayingnocopyofthefamousphotographinhishome,tellinghissononly:"TherealheroesofIwoJimaweretheguyswhodidn'tcomeback."FewbookseverhavecapturedthecomplexityandfurorofwaranditsaftermathaswellasFlagsofOurFathers.Apenetrating,epiclookatagenerationatwar,thisishistorytoldwithkeeninsight,enormoushonesty,andthepassionofasonpayinghomagetohisfather.Itisthestoryofthedifferencebetweentruthandmyth,themeaningofbeingahero,andtheessenceofthehumanexperienceofwar.FromtheHardcoveredition.
  • 作者简介:
    JamesBradleyisthesonofJohn"Doc"Bradley,oneofthesixflag-raisers.Aspeakerandawriter,helivesinRye,NewYork.RonPowersisaPulitzerPrize-winningjournalist.HeistheauthorofWhiteTownDrowsingandDangerousWater:ABiographyoftheBoyWhoBecameMarkTwain.HelivesinVermont.
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