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“The author’s weaving of men, crises, and numbing cold leaves the reader
in awe of this feat of arms in which soldiers and Marines fought an epic
struggle to survive. . . . Hammel’s book is highly recommended.”
—Infantry Magazine
“Involves the reader emotionally in a kaleidoscope of different, individual
perceptions—from officers in their headquarters to riflemen shivering
in the foxholes ... to the small-unit actions that, in their totality, shaped
the ultimate course of the battle.” —Military History Magazine