Facing The Mountain

The Forgotten Heroes of World War II

Facing The Mountain
Daniel James Brown
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Paperback
h234 x 153mm - 560pg
13 May 2021 UK
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9780241356593
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On December 7th 1941, the Japanese Navy bombed Pearl Harbor. For many Americans, the surprise attack was a call to arms - but for the soldier sons of Japanese-American immigrant parents, it brought prejudice and scrutiny over where their loyalties lay. In Facing the Mountain, Daniel James Brown tells the unforgettable story of the Japanese-American men who volunteered for the US Army' s 442nd Regimental Combat Team and displayed incredible courage on the brutal battlefields of Europe. Achieving the impossible in often near-suicidal missions, including rescuing a ' lost battalion' surrounded by Nazis in the French mountains, the 442nd went on to become one of the most decorated units in US history. Yet at the same time, their parents were put in camps and stripped of their livelihoods, and an equally brave battle was being fought in the courtroom back home. A cinematic tour de force, Facing the Mountain puts a real-life band of brothers in the history books where they belong and reminds us that victory is rarely as simple as we think.
' My favourite kind of history book: grippingly written, full of incredible drama, and focussing on individuals rather than numbers and statistics. The 442nd Nisei Regiment who fought so brilliantly up through Italy really were forgotten heroes of a forgotten campaign, but through painstaking research and brilliant story-telling, Daniel James Brown has put the flesh back onto these men. Facing the Mountain is a terrific book' -- James Holland Masterful and beautifully written. Facing the Mountain is truly revelatory - secret history at its very best. Daniel James Brown' s book tells of untold courage and sacrifice that should celebrated and never forgotten -- Damien Lewis ' This is the campaign diary of the one of the most forgotten, and important, minorities in the Allied Forces in the Second World War. Japanese-American soldiers and units fought across the Mediterranean, Western Europe and South East Asia, though more than 120,000 of their kin were detained as enemy aliens back home in the States. The book evokes the setting for desperate fighting with a terrific sense of location, and there are stories of heroism, danger, desperation and little deeds of common humanity - extraordinary actions by ordinary people, in the web of extraordinary times. The book is a wonderful testament to them all' -- Robert Fox, author of We Were There ' A masterwork of American history that will change the way we look at World War II. You don' t just read a Daniel James Brown story - you gothere. Facing the Mountainis lump-in-the-throat territory, page after page' -- Adam Makos, author of A Higher Call ' Daniel James Brown has done it again. A must-read contribution to the history of the 20th century. I' ll never look at the World War II story in the same light' -- Timothy Egan ' Facing the Mountain arrives at the perfect time, to remind us of the true meaning of patriotism. In Daniel James Brown' s gifted hands, these overlooked American heroes are getting the glory they deserve. Read this book and know their stories' -- Mitchell Zukoff, author of Lost in Shangri-La ' Riveting. Facing the Mountain is book that is as much about the present as it is about the past. In it are vital lessons about courage, truth, justice, and an abiding love of country. Drawing on impeccable historic research, the narrative movingly shines the light of history on prejudice and discrimination and the unfinished struggle for a more just future' -- Ann Burroughs, President & CEO, Japanese American National Museum ' This virtuoso history weaves together the experiences of Japanese-American soldiers fighting in Europe and their interned families back in the U. S. to create an illuminating and spirited portrait of courage under fire' (Starred Review) * Publishers Weekly * ' A must-read. You will not be able to put it down' -- Scott Oki ' A deft and ambitious storyteller' * New York Times Book Review *
Daniel James Brown is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, The Indifferent Stars Above, and Under a Flaming Sky. He has taught writing at San Jose State University and Stanford University. He lives outside Seattle.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780241356593
Published: 13 May 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Viking
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Spine: 40mm
Weight: 700g
Pages: 560

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