From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of No Easy Day comes a thrilling World War II story of the American airborne soldiers who captured a Japanese-held island fortress
Kevin Maurer is an award-winning journalist who has covered military operations for nearly two decades. He has been embedded with combat troops many times, including with the 82nd Airborne Division during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and with a Special Forces team in Afghanistan for ten weeks in 2010. His books include the massively successful No Easy Day, the inside story of the Bin Laden raid, cowritten with former Navy SEAL Mark Owen.
“Excellent… well-told and riveting.”—The Wall Street Journal
“A riveting account of the intense combat to liberate the island…
heart-pounding… Rock Force is an account of an important event in
American history that reads like an exciting adventure novel. It
should be on the Army’s recommended professional reading list.
Military historians, or anyone just looking for a great book to
read, will not be disappointed.”—ARMY magazine
“At its heart, Rock Force is a compelling war story, and Maurer
concentrates on where his affinities lay: those troopers whose
boots were on the ground. Their stories of valor and tragedy will
hook readers from the very first page.”—World War
II magazine
“Maurer has a clear and thorough understanding of our world,
allowing him to translate complex military concepts into ideas
anyone can grasp. In Rock Force, he recounts historical detail
exceptionally well while writing at the pace of an adventure
novel.”—Soflete blog
“Corregidor is hallowed ground: the Alamo of the Pacific, a
fortress where Americans valiantly held off the Japanese before
ultimately surrendering in the dark early days of World War II. The
recapture of this volcanic citadel nearly three years later is one
of the great stories of the war, and in Kevin Maurer's capable
hands, it's a heart-pounding thriller. Readers will duck the buzz
of bullets, shake with the thunder of explosions and smell the
acrid cordite that filled the air amid this hellacious battle. Rock
Force is not only terrific read, but also a testament to the
bravery of the men who sacrificed so much to retake
Corregidor.”—James M. Scott, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of
Target Tokyo and Rampage
“Rock Force is simply astounding. Kevin Maurer transports readers
to the battlefield on Corregidor in a way that only one who has
spent time in conflict zones can. I am humbled with every turn of
the page, marveling at heroes one and all.”—Jack Carr, former Navy
SEAL sniper and New York Times bestselling author of Savage
Son
“Rock Force is a beautifully told story of war: the friendships,
the courage and despair, and the terror. With the turn of each
page, you come to truly know men like First Lt. Bill Calhoun, a
grizzled platoon leader within the 503rd Parachute Infantry
Regiment. This vivid, action-packed thriller is one of the most
exciting books ever written about the Pacific War.”—Mitch Weiss,
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and New York Times
bestselling coauthor of Countdown 1945
“They say there are no words to ever truly describe the duality of
man, or of war. With Rock Force, Kevin Maurer comes as close as you
can come to telling the emotion, sacrifice and limits of human
endurance and determination of the struggle to take the
Rock.”—Rusty Bradley, coauthor on Lions of Kandahar
“Maurer's second foray into military history captures the language
and trappings of World War II, but reads like a current event.
MacArthur met his match with the men he left to take back
Corregidor, and history has met its match with Maurer's
retelling.”—Kelly Kennedy, author of They Fought for Each Other:
The Triumph and Tragedy of the Hardest Hit Unit in Iraq
“Rock Force is a brilliant, deeply moving story of men locked in
combat. It is genuine, compelling and utterly riveting—and
essential reading for every student of history.”—David Zucchino,
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Wilmington's Lie
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