The Final Storm | A Novel of the War in the Pacific | World War II: 1939–1945, Book 4
by Jeff Shaara
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The Final Storm opens in early 1945 as American forces converge on Okinawa—the last and bloodiest stepping-stone to Japan. From the command perspective of Admiral Nimitz to the cockpit of the Enola Gay and the ground view of a Japanese doctor in Hiroshima, Shaara spans strategy and survival, politics and morality. He charts the amphibious invasion, kamikaze terror, and the pulverizing grind toward Shuri Line, then follows the fateful decisions that unleash atomic fire and bring surrender. Meticulously researched yet personal in focus, the novel examines leadership burdens, the dehumanizing toll of total war, and the contested calculus that ended it. As the capstone of Shaara’s WWII cycle, it completes the passage from Normandy to the Pacific crucible with urgency and sorrow. (Ballantine/Random House, 2011; 480 pp.; series Book 4)
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