John C. McManus is the author of Fire and Fortitude, Grunts, Alamo in the Ardennes, and September Hope- The American Side of a Bridge Too Far. He earned a PhD in American and Military History from the University of Tennessee, where he served as Assistant Director of the Center for the Study of War and Society and was a Normandy Scholar. As a leading authority on the Normandy invasion, he holds a Cantigny First Division Museum Fellowship. He is currently a full professor of U.S. Military History at Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he teaches a variety of courses, including one on World War II and another on the Modern American Combat Experience. He also serves as the official historian for the United States Army's Seventh Infantry Regiment.
Praise for The Dead and Those About to Die
“Magnificent! I could not put this book down. John McManus has
expanded our knowledge of D-Day history by a considerable factor.
It is a great read and will appeal to both devoted students of
World War II as well as those with a more casual interest. Don't
miss it!”—Joseph Balkoski, author of Omaha
Beach and Utah Beach
“The Dead and Those About to Die is a gripping, first-hand
account of the desperate battle for Omaha Beach on D-Day by the
legendary 1st Infantry Division, the Big Red One. On the 70th
anniversary of that momentous event, John C. McManus’s tale of
courage under fire is a vivid reminder that freedom isn’t free and
that when the chips are down stalwart American soldiers will always
answer the call of duty.”—Carlo D’Este, author of Patton: A
Genius For War and Warlord: A Life of Churchill at War,
1874-1945
“I closed this book with the deepest respect.”—Paul
Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author
of Engineers of Victory and The Rise and Fall of
Great Powers
“This is as real as it gets without having been there.”—Walter R.
Borneman, national bestselling author of The
Admirals, Winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award
“John C. McManus has created a portrait with words as Spielberg did
with images in Saving Private Ryan. Of course, creating
such a vivid picture with words is, for my money, far more
difficult.”—Paul Reid, co–author of The Last Lion: Winston
Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
“A skilled and highly talented author, John McManus has delivered
another first-rate piece of scholarship. The Dead and Those
About to Die is a tour de force of historical writing.”—Robert
von Maier, Editor-in-Chief of Global War Studies
“McManus’s masterful work deserves a place alongside those of
Cornelius Ryan, Stephen Ambrose and Rick Atkinson.”—David L. Roll,
author of The Hopkins Touch
“John McManus’s brilliant chronicle of the Big Red One’s experience
on Bloody Omaha captures the grit, pathos, and valor of the battle
like no other book that I have read. This is gripping
history—beautifully and masterfully told by one of America’s
premier historians.”—Patrick K. O’Donnell, national bestselling
author of Dog Company
“[A] powerful book.”—St. Louis Post–Dispatch
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