And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I read it after watching the Pacific and it is very good. Some of the most horrific parts were watered down a bit or not used.
ReplyDeleteHighly recommended. He said that Peleliu was worse than WWII trench warfare.
ReplyDeleteRead it... great book... the pacific theater was brutal...
ReplyDeleteI read it back in the early 80s when it first came out. Awesome book.
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