Left to Die

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Simon and Schuster, Jun 15, 2010 - History - 352 pages
From the award-winning author of Fatal Voyage comes the first full account of one of World War II’s most secret scandals. In November 1942 a Japanese torpedo destroyed the USS Juneau, killing 700 men. From extensive interviews, Kurzman reveals the agonizing truth behind one of America’s greatest military tragedies.
 

Selected pages

Contents

Prologue
Seed of Doubt
The Five Sullivan Brothers
The Four Rogers Brothers
The Captain and His Sons
Messages from Heaven and Earth
Baptism of Fire
Rings of Fate
The Echo of Despair
Just Another
The Cruelest Logic
The Taste of Blood
And Then There Were
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography

The Last Gamble
Friday the Thirteenth
Lullaby of Death
An Agonizing Vision
AppendixLast Muster Roll of the Crew of the USS Juneau
Index
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Left to Die: The Tragedy of the USS Juneau
Dan Kurzman
Snippet view - 1994
Left to Die: The Tragedy of the USS Juneau
Dan Kurzman
Snippet view - 1994
Left to Die
Dan Kurzman
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About the author (2010)

Dan Kurzman (1922–2010) was a journalist, military historian, and author. He worked as a journalist for numerous newspapers and news services in Europe and Israel, including a job as Jerusalem correspondent for NBC News. He was also a former foreign correspondent for The Washington Post. He wrote more than fifteen books, including Ben-Gurion: Prophet of Fire, which won the 1984 National Jewish Book Award.

Bibliographic information

TitleLeft to Die
AuthorDan Kurzman
PublisherSimon and Schuster, 2010
ISBN1451602790, 9781451602791
Length352 pages
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History / General
History / Military / General
History / United States / 21st Century
  
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