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John C. McManus

Born

in St. Louis, Missouri, The United States

January 01, 1965

Website

http://johncmcmanus.com

Genre

History, Military History

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John C. McManus is an author, military historian and award-winning professor of military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He is one of America’s leading experts on the history of modern American soldiers in combat.

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Average rating: 4.28 · 6,965 ratings · 758 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach 4.22 avg rating — 1,814 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 4.32 avg rating — 871 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944 4.45 avg rating — 751 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	September Hope: The American Side of a Bridge Too Far 4.23 avg rating — 578 ratings — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945 4.56 avg rating — 534 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alamo in the Ardennes: The Untold Story of the American Soldiers Who Made the Defense of Bastogne Possible 4.20 avg rating — 549 ratings — published 2007 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Americans at D-Day: The American Experience at the Normandy Invasion 4.26 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grunts: Inside the American Infantry Combat Experience, World War II Through Iraq 4.14 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II 4.13 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2000 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hell Before Their Very Eyes: American Soldiers Liberate Concentration Camps in Germany, April 1945 4.26 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Pacific War Trilogy (3 books)
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“You know, Dusty, if you reach for the stars you may never quite grasp them, but you’ll never come up with a handful of mud.”
― John C. McManus, Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944

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“He routinely asserted that an officer had a “cardinal duty to look after his men before he looks after himself.”
― John C. McManus, Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944

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“The man who’s got the monkey on his back, the man who’s got responsibility, he’s the one you got to listen to.”
― John C. McManus, Grunts: Inside the American Infantry Combat Experience, World War II Through Iraq

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