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The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

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The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 0 0 false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 16:04:42 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 16:07:00 -0700 2009 On Pear...more...]]> 61907951 174287 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 5 4 false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 10:57:26 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 10:57:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 72325515 2156200 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 5 0 false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 06:15:21 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 00:15:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 78466478 663060 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 5 0 false Fri Nov 20 15:18:16 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 15:03:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 65126254 119886 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 5 0 false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 09:01:37 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 08:50:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 73640900 1066546 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 3 0 false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 11:25:49 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 11:20:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 71106329 879530 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 5 0 false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 17:01:07 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 17:08:53 -0700 2009 The sacrifices that were made for America in this war, the atrocities suffered when leaders fail was a painful re...more...]]> 68682127 2418387 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 0 0 false Mon Aug 24 08:32:05 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 08:37:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 79348613 1854657 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 4 0 false Sun Nov 29 18:29:10 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 18:32:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 65750757 33771 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 3 0 false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 07:00:58 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 18:17:07 -0700 2009 Tears in the Darkness, in the words and actions of the men and women who do the fighting and the dying. This book is gripping and moving. The Death Marc...more...]]> 65838525 2586330 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 5 0 false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 22:55:24 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 18:41:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 64104749 2535316 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 0 0 false Sun Jul 19 11:37:57 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 22:01:01 -0700 2009
He spoke some of his experience, bared much hatred for the "Japs", and was angered at how little respect and due...more...]]> 70865585 1512655 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 0 0 false Fri Sep 11 12:23:11 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 12:23:42 -0700 2009 considering 89 area soldiers were members of the 192nd Tank Battalion. This compelling story is accompani...more...]]> 75292266 2302073 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 5 0 false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 15:02:54 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 15:06:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 78343830 1007827 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 4 0 false Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 13:22:31 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 13:29:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 79916494 1476434 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 0 0 false Fri Dec 04 16:58:33 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 17:00:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 77035805 978022 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 0 0 false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 14:48:37 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 14:53:08 -0800 2009 there is more meanness, cruelty and blind hatred under our thin skins than we'd like to think. It creates a lot of darkness and the best we can do is try and shine like stars amongst this dakness]]> 81218548 3050120 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 5 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 16 13:35:44 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 16 13:37:02 -0800 2009 65575426 58401 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 5 0 false Thu Jul 30 14:49:16 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 14:50:34 -0700 2009 65405025 2486650 6455003 0374272603 9780374272609 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515m/6455003.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255633515s/6455003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6455003-tears-in-the-darkness 4.45 74
The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book. From then until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the prisoners of war suffered an ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery: forty-one months of captivity, starvation rations, dehydration, hard labor, deadly disease, and torture far from the machinations of General Douglas MacArthur.

The Normans bring to the story remarkable feats of reportage and literary empathy. Their protagonist, Ben Steele, is a figure out of Hemingway: a young cowboy turned sketch artist from Montana who joined the army to see the world. Juxtaposed against Steele s story and the sobering tale of the Death March and its aftermath is the story of a number of Japanese soldiers.

The result is an altogether new and original World War II book: it exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate; it makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.]]> 2009 5 0 false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 09:14:53 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 18:05:37 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6455003