Voices of Valor, D-Day: June 6, 1944 [INCLUDES TWO AUDIO CDs] [FIRST EDITION]

Brinkley, Douglas; Drez, Ronald J.

Verlag: Bulfinch Press, New York, 2004

Beschreibung

As new condition blue and gold boards with gold, white and black front cover and spine lettering and contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Introduction; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Glossary; and Photo Credits. Profusely illustrated with 116 black-and-white photographs. Also includes a new condition two CD set, each CD being an hour long for 120 minutes in all. The CDs are contained within a special thick double-sided gold cardboard page CD holder bound within the inside book front and listing each discs audio contents, "Voices of Valor is an irresistible chorus of personal memories about every aspect of D-Day. Just when you think you've heard it all, a new story of courage, fear, brotherly love, or combat humor takes you back to that fateful day in June 1944, and the invasion that remains a military wonder." -- Tom Brokaw. "Experience the history of D-Day through the words and recorded voices of those who were there -- the servicemen who risked their lives for the protection of freedom and democracy. With two sixty-minute audio CDs of veteran testimonies, personal and historical photographs, and a text by two leading historians, Voices of Valor is both a captivating history as a stirring tribute to the men who served their country and the world so bravely that day." -- from the rear outer jacket. "Voices of Valor: D-Day: June 6, 1944 is an intimate and lasting tribute to the soldiers who fought in one of the most important battles of the twentieth century. It includes two hourlong audio CDs -- 120 minutes in all -- that allow us to hear the veterans' own voices as they recount what they experienced at Normandy. These accounts are drawn from the Peter S. Kalikow World War II Oral History Project conducted by the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans, and now curated by the National D-Day Museum. The text of Voices of Valor -- written by acclaimed historian and popular on-air consultant Doughals Brinkley and decorated Vietnam veteran and D-Day expert Ronald J. Drez -- is based on those oral testimonies and weaves a captivating narrative of that dramatic day. D-Day -- June 6, 1944 -- has been rightly called a pivotal moment in the twentieth century. With the fate of World War II hanging in the balance, 150,000 Allied soldiers took part in the largest air, land, and sea operation ever attempted. Five thousand Allied servicemen died that day, but D-Day's success proved to be the decisive turning point of the war. Less than a year later, Hitler and his regime fell. This unique multimedia history of the invations brings the veterans' stories to life as never before." -- from the inner front jacket flap. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006530

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Voices of Valor, D-Day: June 6, 1944 [...

Verlag: Bulfinch Press, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 2004

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: As New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New

Auflage: 1st Edition