{"product_id":"9781493032891","title":"Miracle at Belleau Wood: The Birth Of The Modern U.S. Marine Corps","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eAxelrod, Alan; West, Bing\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/1\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMilitary Book Club® Main Selection  \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory Book Club® Featured Alternate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe battle that transformed a group of common \u003cbr\u003esoldiers into the modern-day Marine Corps\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiracle at Belleau Wood \u003c\/i\u003ebegins in June 1918 at Les Mare Farm in France with just 200 U.S. marines, who spilled their blood to prevail against impossible odds, resisting an overwhelming German force of thousands and turned the battle back against the enemy, saved Paris, saved France, and saved the Allied hope of  victory. Called “the Gettysburg of the Great War” by many at the time, it rescued America and its allies from almost certain defeat. This book tells the riveting story of the modern marines as America’s fiercest and most effective warriors, the world’s preeminent fighting elite. \u003ci\u003eMiracle at Belleau Wood\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of an epoch-making battle--a battle that elevated the Corps to legendary status and forever burned them into the American imagination.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiracle at Belleau Wood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Axelrod brings us back vividly to the shocking casualties of ‘the war to end all wars.’”\u003cbr\u003e—Bing West, author of \u003ci\u003eNo True Glory\u003c\/i\u003e, former Assistant Secretary of Defense\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Alan Axelrod has perfectly captured the embodiment of U.S. Marines and their unparalleled Esprit de Corps. . . . A must read!”\u003cbr\u003e—Jay Kopelman, author of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eFrom Baghdad with Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Axelrod is one of America’s great military historians. He’s done it this time with riveting non-stop action that reads like the best of Hemingway’s frontline reports plus the Marine Corps novels of W.E.B. Griffin. Axelrod pushes you right into the action, onto the battlefield, and never lets up.”\u003cbr\u003e—Paul B. Farrell, JD, PhD, syndicated columnist for Dow Jones’s \u003ci\u003eMarketWatch,\u003c\/i\u003e former Staff Sergeant in the US Marine Corps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003ePatton: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Like Patton at his best: polished, precise, and persuasive.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e ","brand":"Lyons Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47308180160767,"sku":"9781493032891","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_ad9ad59a-aed1-4cd6-8dbb-822ec96d02e2.jpg?v=1773242127","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781493032891","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}