Description: "One of the very best World War II books in many years...A great read." --General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former Director of the CIA * "Fans of Unbroken will love this book." --Doug Stanton In the tradition of Ghost Soldiers, a "riveting" (The Wall Street Journal) World War II story of bravery, survival, and sacrifice--the vow Douglas MacArthur made to return to the Philippines and the oath his fellow general Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright made to stay with his men there whatever the cost.For the doomed stand American forces made in the Philippines at the start of World War II, two generals received their country's highest military award, the Medal of Honor. One was the charismatic and controversial Douglas MacArthur, whose orders forced him to leave his soldiers on the islands to starvation and surrender but whose vow to return echoed around the globe. The other was the gritty Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, who became a hero to the troops whose fate he insisted on sharing, even when it meant becoming the highest-ranking American prisoner of the Japanese. In The Fate of the Generals, bestselling author Jonathan Horn brings together the story of two men who received the same medal but found honor on very different paths. MacArthur's journey would require a daring escape with his wife and young child to Australia and then years of fighting over thousands of miles to make it back to the Philippines, where he would fulfill his famous vow only to see the city he called home burn. Wainwright's journey would take him from the Philippines to Taiwan and Manchuria as his captors tortured him in prisons and left him to wonder whether his countrymen would ever understand the choice he had made to surrender for the sake of his men. A story of war made personal based on meticulous research into diaries and letters including boxes of previously unexplored papers, The Fate of the Generals is a vivid account that raises timely questions about how we define honor and how we choose our heroes, and is destined to become a classic of World War II history.
Brief description:
Sean Pratt has been a professional actor for over 35 years. He was a company member at The Pearl Theatre, an Off-Broadway classical repertory theatre and has also performed at numerous regional theatres around the country. Sean has been an audiobook narrator for 28 years (aka - Lloyd James), recording over 1,100+ books in almost every genre and has received 10 AudioFile Magazine "Earphones" awards, 5 SOVAS nominations, and 5 "Audie" nominations from the Audio Publishers Association.
His voice is "Generous, Upbeat, and Inspirational"; Making nonfiction cool, again! When he's out of the booth, you can find Sean hanging out at his local book store, sketching paintings at The Smithsonian American Art Museum, or riding his recumbent bicycle along the Atlantic Coast.