The Steel Wave by Jeff Shaara - ISBN: 9780345461391
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D-Day: Soldiers, generals, and a wave of steel clashes on Normandy.

The Steel Wave

A Novel of World War II

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  • Paperback

    560 pages

  • Release Date

    15 December 2009

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Summary

Now a mass market edition, The Steel Wave is for WWII buffs, fans of Jeff Shaara, and readers of military drama.

General Dwight Eisenhower commands a diverse army that must destroy Hitler’s European fortress. On the coast of France, German commander Erwin Rommel prepares for the coming invasion, as the Führer thwarts the strategies Rommel knows will succeed. Meanwhile, Sergeant Jesse Adams, a veteran of the 82nd Airborne, parachutes with his men behind German lines. A…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780345461391
ISBN-10:0345461398
Author:Jeff Shaara
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Random House Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:560
Release Date:15 December 2009
Weight:289g
Dimensions:191mm x 107mm x 33mm
Series:World War II
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Critics Review

“The indelible panorama [Jeff] Shaara paints … draws us into the horror and heroism of war.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette“Magnificent … Intense, compelling, and thoroughly researched, this is much more than just an excellent historical novel.”—Library Journal “Pounding with fierce action and human drama, and packed with accurately rendered history, The Steel Wave is an eye-opening reminder of the bitterly high price that combat soldiers have always been called upon to pay.”—St. Petersburg Times“In this great, often moving novel of conflict, [Jeff] Shaara channels the roiling experiences of men in the midst of a tumultuous enterprise whose outcome was by no means certain.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch“Stirring … Shaara [is the] master of the war novel.”—Chicago Tribune

About The Author

Jeff Shaara

Jeff Shaara is the New York Times bestselling author of A Chain of Thunder, A Blaze of Glory, The Final Storm, No Less Than Victory, The Steel Wave, The Rising Tide, To the Last Man, The Glorious Cause, Rise to Rebellion, and Gone for Soldiers, as well as Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure—two novels that complete the Civil War trilogy that began with his father’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, The Killer Angels. Shaara was born into a family of Italian immigrants in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, and graduated from Florida State University. He lives in Gettysburg.

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