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The Boys Of Pointe Du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-day, And The U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion
(Hardcover, 2005)
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Author: Douglas Brinkley, Ronald Reagan
Historian Douglas Brinkley tells two related stories: the 40th anniversary D-Day remembrance speeche...
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0060565276
ISBN-13: 9780060565275
Jun 2005
Publisher: Harpercollins
274 pages
Language: English |
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Synopsis
Historian Douglas Brinkley tells two related stories: the 40th anniversary D-Day remembrance speeches of Ronald Reagan in 1984, and the June 6, 1944 attack on Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, by U.S. Rangers, who took out a major gun site of the German defense, thus making the beach landing possible. That mission was the central focus of Reagan's well-crafted and powerful speeches, which Brinkley examines from genesis to delivery and impact. He interviews the speechwriters Peggy Noonan and Tony Dolan, and he deepens our knowledge of that historic, heroic mission for a modern audience. (The ranger assault on Pointe du Hoc was the scene that opened the film SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.)
| Size | | Length: | 274 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 16.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
"[T]his is a most useful and readable case study of the making of popular history."
Booklist - Frieda Murray (06/01/2005)
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