About this title: A master of the historical novel, Shaara begins an ambitious trilogy about the conflict that defined the 20th century. With painstaking historical detail and all-inclusive points of view, Shaara portrays the momentous and increasingly dramatic events of World War II in brilliant detail.
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Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Ballantine Books, 2007. Fine Book. Overall, a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780345461384ISBN:034546138X
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Fair to Good condition. Lots of wear. Book is solid. A good reading copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 536 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Ballantine Books, 2007. Fine Book. Overall, a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780345461384ISBN:034546138X
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Perfect inside and out. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 536 p. Audience: General/trade. Synopsis: Jeff Shaara's historical novels about wars have a sweep and grandeur that have made them national-bestsellers. Following in his Pulitzer-Prize winning father's footsteps (Michael Shaara, THE KILLER ANGELS) Shaara has written with passion and power about the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, and World War I. Now in THE RISING TIDE, Shaara turns his eye on World ... read more
Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Random House Audio
Date Published: 2006-11-07
ISBN-13:9780739334638ISBN:0739334638
Description: Good. Audio CDs, Withdrawn and cancelled library copy with usual markings, cleaned and buffed by a commercial cleaning machine, W3. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780345461384ISBN:034546138X
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"A "fly on the wall" non-fiction story of the African, Sicilian, and Italian campaigns spanning 1942-1943. The first book of Shaara's WWII Trilogy.
While it is non-fiction, I am sure that at times the fly is telling us what it thinks it saw and/or heard.
Non-the-less, this book is much easier reading than a history book and gives an accurate account of the campaigns and interesting insight to the many character who were responsible for conducting the same.
Any military history or WWII history should enjoy this novel."
"Jeff Shaara made an admirable attempt to complete his father's Civil War series, but his sequels, valuable though they are, could not hold a candle to The Killer Angel. Well, Jeff has done a lot of writing since then, and his WWII series, if The Rising Tide is a fair indication, matches the work of his father. What Michael Shaara did for the Civil War, his son is doing for the Second World War. One of the marks of good historical fiction, for me, is the way it prompts me to start researching stuff on the internet. And that's what I found myself doing in Tide. Another of telling sign happens when I find myself living what the characters are going through, and in Jeff's chapters on the tank battles between Rommel and the Allies, I felt the awe. To a lesser extent, only because this topic receives less coverage, is his portrayal of the training and daring of the paratroopers. There are many similar scenes in Tide - POW camps, stress disorders, command failures - that truly bring home the complexity of the topic to readers who have never experienced warfare at any level. The only other WWII series that does this so well is Herman Wouk's Winds of War, and War and Remembrance.
The Rising Tide is a valuable addition to WWII fiction."
"I do love Jeff Shaara when it comes to historical fiction, although I admit I love some of his books more than others. Rising Tide follows different key players in WWII as the US enters the war in northern Africa and goes into Sicily. It shows Eisenhower as having to delicately balance directing the US contingency while trying to keep peace with the British. The book also shows that just like in the US Civil War, those generals who sit and plan and procrastinate about taking action actually hurts the cause and in cases will cause us an even higher body count. Excellent read for anyone interested in World War II."
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