Goodbye Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War - Softcover

Manchester, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440131103 ISBN 13: 9780440131106

Publisher: Dell Publishing Company, 1982

Synopsis

The nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of a battle-weary youth (himself), "angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms." To find out, Manchester visited those places in the Pacific where as a young Marine he fought the Japanese, and in this book examines his experiences in the line with his fellow soldiers (his "brothers"). He gives us an honest and unabashedly emotional account of his part in the war in the Pacific. "The most moving memoir of combat on WW II that I have ever read. A testimony to the fortitude of man...a gripping, haunting, book." --William L. Shirer

About this title

From the Publisher:

11 1.5-hour cassettes

About the Author:

WILLIAM MANCHESTER (1922-2004) was a professor emeritus of history at Wesleyan University. His best-selling books included The Last Lion, a multivolume biography of Winston Churchill, and American Caesar, a biography of Douglas MacArthur.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0440131103
• ISBN 13: 9780440131106
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 460