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HBO 2010 年 3 月美國即將播出艾美獎得獎影集「諾曼第大空降」
( BAND OF BROTHERS)迷你影集姊妹作「太平洋戰爭」(THE
PACIFIC)
「諾曼第大空降」製作團隊，湯姆．漢克(Tom Hanks)、史蒂芬．史
匹伯(Steven Spielberg)和蓋瑞．高茨曼(Gary Goetzman)再次擔任執
行製作
改編自經典戰爭回憶錄 E. B. Sledge 的《With the Old Breed》與
Robert Leckie 所著的《Helmet for My Pillow》
WITH THE OLD BREED
At Peleliu and Okinawa
By E. B. Sledge
HBO 有史以來最大的也是歷史電視影集最大規模的製作
《華爾街日報》（The Wall Street Journal）
20 世紀前五大戰爭議題好書
Trade Paperback: 352 pages
出版社：Presidio Press/Ballantine (January 26, 2010 再
版)
1981 年初版，2007 年好評暢銷再版，即將於 2010
年再次再版
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分類：傳記
審閱資料: 電子手稿
ISBN-13: 978-0891419198
Amazon:
(220)
版權已售:
Random House Kodansha (Japanese),
Planeta (Spanish),
Publishing House Kok Omniboek (Dutch).
Previous publishers include the Oxford University Press
太平洋戰場中美國海軍陸戰隊真實故事搬上螢幕
湯姆漢克、史蒂芬史匹伯和蓋瑞高茨曼擔任執行製作
改編自經典戰爭回憶錄 E. B. Sledge 的《With the Old Breed》與 Robert Leckie
所著的《Helmet for My Pillow》
HBO 2010 年 3 月即將播出二次大戰相關迷你影集「太平洋戰爭」(THE PACIFIC)，
由 2001 年 HBO 艾美獎得獎影集「諾曼第大空降」( BAND OF BROTHERS)創作團
隊湯姆漢克(Tom Hanks)、史蒂芬史匹伯(Steven Spielberg)和蓋瑞高茨曼(Gary
Goetzman)擔任執行製作。
根據 HBO 國際發行總裁宣稱「太平洋戰爭」將是「HBO 有史以來最大的也是歷
史電視影集最大的製作」。2010 年 3 月將於全球各地播出。
「太平洋戰爭」是根據 E. B. Sledge 的《With the Old Breed》、Robert Leckie (Marine
Corps Combat Correspondents Annual Award 得獎人)所著的《Helmet for My Pillow》
改編而成。美國國家書卷獎得主與歷史學家保羅．福塞爾（Paul Fussell）稱許 E.
B. Sledge 的《With the Old Breed》
「喚起戰爭最細膩回憶，是最好的戰爭回憶錄」。
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【關於此書】
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Ballantine 旗下的戰爭出版社 Presidio1981 年首度出版這本經典的戰爭回憶
錄。不僅受到各方好評，在 Amazon 上亦有 220 人 5 顆星推薦。
Victor Davis Hanson 在《華爾街日報》（The Wall Street Journal）將此書評為
20 世紀前五大戰爭議題好書。美國國家書卷獎得主保羅．福塞爾（Paul Fussell）
稱許此書為「是最好的戰爭回憶錄」。Studs Terkel 曾訪問作者寫成口述歷史書
籍《The Good War》。
一名來自阿拉巴馬的男孩一腳踏進歷史中，Eugene B. Sledge 成為美國最有名
的海軍陸戰隊第一師的士兵，即使經過密集的訓練，當他被丟到貝里琉島參戰
時，仍十分震撼，貝里琉 島 被 描 述 為「 充 滿 爆 炸、閃 光 的 惡 夢 」。 從 貝 里
琉島到地獄般的沖繩，雖然還是害怕但已比較鎮定。
靠著作者偷偷在《新約聖經》中的紀錄，才能寫成本書，簡單地呈現一個小小
士兵的真實經驗與心境，為生命帶來改變與震撼，也是關於學習如何恨與愛的故
事。提醒我們真正可怕的戰爭在心中，每個士兵真正的掙扎在於非常環境下引誘
失去人性的誘惑不斷，如何才能不迷失自我。
Review
"Of all the books about the ground war in the Pacific, [With the Old Breed] is the closest to a
masterpiece."
--The New York Review of Books
"The best personal account of World War II. Sledge never loses sight of the honor and
the glory of war. Excellent in all respects."--Kevin S. Fontenot, Tulane University
"I feel like I should have a campaign ribbon for Pelelin and Okinawa. I have shared
the fox hole. I have felt the heat. It is the closest thing to being there. After reading the
book my buddies in K-3-5 are real. It has to be among the best works of its kind. The
forgotten soldiers tell one story. These Marines are remembered,"--William J. Ikeriran,
Univ. of North Alabama
"The book is a superb supplementary text for any American survey course or class on
World War Two."--Daniel P. Murphy, Hanover College
"It is a fine text to use for WWII--and for combat studies."--Perce C. Mullen,
Montana State Univ.
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"Classic....Should be required reading for all students, especially now that we are once
again unleashing the dogs of war."--John F. Cox, University of Arizona
"In what may be his finest feat as a critic, Fussell introduces the reader to a hitherto
unsung but remarkable author named Eugene B. Sledge....This book richly merits a
wider audience....The searing honesty of [Sledge's] words makes them...a fitting
epitaph for the ordeal that began in Danzig fifty years ago."--Newsweek
"One of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war."--Paul Fussell, in Wartime
"Among the thousands of soldiers' stories, I am haunted by one from the Pacific
War....[Sledge's account is] one of the most arresting documents in war
literature."--John Keegan, in The Second World War
"Although rendering his war experiences is "painful," the effort to bring them to the
"folks back home" is ultimately worthwhile if not necessary....In every word appear
Sledge's urgency of purpose, the immediacy of his experience of war, and the mark of
that on his character. I am not alone in claiming this memoir to be the most
comprehensive--and scathing, compelling, sorrow-laden--rendering of the marine
infantryman's experience in World War II."--Sewanee Review
"One of the most important personal accounts of war that I have ever read. I believe
that it will become a classic, and will be read and cited as long as the Pacific
campaign is remembered."--John Keegan --This text refers to an out of print or
unavailable edition of this title.
About HBO’s World War II miniseries titled THE PACIFIC
The greatest war memoirs will be hitting television screens worldwide! Set to air in
March 2010, HBO’s World War II miniseries titled THE PACIFIC is based on WITH
THE OLD BREED by E.B. Sledge, and HELMET FOR MY PILLOW by Robert
Leckie
This amazing series is being produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks (the
creators of the tremendously successful series Band of Brothers), and bestselling
author George Pelecanos. According to Charles Schreger, HBO’s president of
international distribution, THE PACIFIC will be "the biggest thing HBO has ever
done" but also "the biggest production in the history of television," given the scale
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and scope of the miniseries. It has been picked up by cable channels worldwide,
including the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Canada, South Africa, and many more.
HBO’s THE PACIFIC
For more details and a complete list of where the miniseries will air, please visit:
http://www.c21media.net/resources/detail.asp?area=122&article=49807
Additional information:
Series will be 10 sixty-minute episodes
Currently set to air in the USA in March 2010
Filming began in August 2007; the bulk of the series was shot in Australia
Production Co.: Dreamworks SKG
Executive Producers: Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and George Pelecanos
Directors: Carl Franklin (HBO's "Rome"), Jeremy Podeswa (HBO's "Six Feet
Under"), Tony To (HBO's "Band of Brothers"), Tim Van Patten (HBO's "The
Sopranos") and Graham Yost (HBO's "From the Earth to the Moon") will all direct
episodes.
Primary Cast: James Badge Dale (The Departed, "The Black Donnellys") as
Robert Leckie, Joseph Mazello (Jurassic Park) as Eugene Sledge, John Seda (12
Monkeys) as John "Manila" Basilone
About the Book
First published by Presidio Press, Ballantine’s military imprint, in 1981, this memoir
exchanges heroics and machismo for the perspective of an intelligent, scared but
duty-bound teenager who survived some of the most savage fighting the U.S. Marines
have ever faced. Sledge reminds us that within every soldier, the real struggle on the
battlefield is the constant temptation to lose one's humanity, a state of affairs he
witnessed far too often.
Product Description
In The Wall Street Journal, Victor Davis Hanson named With the Old Breed one of the
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top five books on epic twentieth-century battles. Studs Terkel interviewed the author
for his definitive oral history, The Good War. Now E. B. Sledge’s acclaimed
first-person account of fighting at Peleliu and Okinawa returns to thrill, edify, and
inspire a new generation.
An Alabama boy steeped in American history and enamored of such heroes as George
Washington and Daniel Boone, Eugene B. Sledge became part of the war’s famous 1st
Marine Division–3d Battalion, 5th Marines. Even after intense training, he was
shocked to be thrown into the battle of Peleliu, where “the world was a nightmare of
flashes, explosions, and snapping bullets.” By the time Sledge hit the hell of Okinawa,
he was a combat vet, still filled with fear but no longer with panic.
Based on notes Sledge secretly kept in a copy of the New Testament, With the Old
Breed captures with utter simplicity and searing honesty the experience of a soldier in
the fierce Pacific Theater. Here is what saved, threatened, and changed his life. Here,
too, is the story of how he learned to hate and kill–and came to love–his fellow man.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
About the Author
E. B. "Sledgehammer" Sledge was born and grew up in Mobile, Alabama. In late
1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, and was then sent to the Pacific where he
fought at Peleliu and Okinawa -- some of the fiercest and filthiest battles of
WWII. After the war, Sledge joined the biology faculty of Alabama College (later
University of Montevallo), where he taught until his retirement. Sledge died on March
3rd, 2001.