{"product_id":"rampage-macarthur-yamashita-and-the-battle-of-manila-paperback","title":"Rampage: Macarthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames M. Scott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn early 1945, General Douglas MacArthur prepared to reclaim Manila, America's Pearl of the Orient, which had been seized by the Japanese in 1942. Convinced the Japanese would abandon the city, he planned a victory parade down Dewey Boulevard--but the enemy had other plans. The Japanese were determined to fight to the death. The battle to liberate Manila resulted in the catastrophic destruction of the city and a rampage by Japanese forces that brutalized the civilian population, resulting in a massacre as horrific as the Rape of Nanking. Drawing from war-crimes testimony, after-action reports, and survivor interviews, \u003cem\u003eRampage\u003c\/em\u003e recounts one of the most heartbreaking chapters of Pacific War history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eTargeted: Beirut\u003c\/em\u003e by Jack Carr and James M. Scott\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jack Carr has teamed up with Pulitzer Prize finalist and historian James M. Scott to produce a gripping non-fiction book on the horrors of the 1983 bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon that killed 241 servicemen.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- John Stryker Meyer, MACV-SOG special operations Vietnam veteran and bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eAcross the Fence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hats off to Jack Carr and James Scott for a brilliantly written, analytically crisp, and deeply heartfelt rendition of a dark chapter in American military history.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Admiral James Stavridis, U.S. Navy (ret.), \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003e2034\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSea Power\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jack Carr and James Scott have written a historical masterpiece.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Samuel Katz, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ghost Warriors\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNo Shadows in the Desert\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jack Carr and James M. Scott will reshape your understanding of the entire war on terror with this breathtaking book that foreshadows 9\/11, Afghanistan, and Iraq.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Craig Whitlock, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Afghanistan Papers\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFat Leonard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carr and Scott kill it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Brad Meltzer, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Nazi Conspiracy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Thank you, Jack Carr and James M. Scott.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eGates of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Lion's Gate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carr and Scott deliver on every page.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Elliot Ackerman, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jack Carr, writing with James M. Scott, uses his masterful storytelling gift to deconstruct the time in a deeply personal, human and gripping fashion.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Douglas London, Career CIA Operations Officer, Middle East expert and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carr and Scott take us straight back to a dreadful flashpoint in modern Middle Eastern history, showing us how it presaged so much of the geopolitical strife that would follow.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Hampton Sides, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author \u003cem\u003eGhost Soldiers\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOn Desperate Ground\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Wide Wide Sea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carr and Scott sharpen our understanding of the forces driving much of this drama and the effect is engrossing, making this book very hard to put down.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Doug Stanton, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eHorse Soldiers\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIn Harm's Way\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A tour de force born from the partnership of two of our generation's most outstanding writers and historians: Jack Carr and James M. 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