Sabot6 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Has anyone read "September Hope: The American Side of a Bridge too Far" by John C. McManus? It was just released earlier this month and is about OMG from the U.S. perspective, and I'm thinking of picking it up....Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 If you get it, let us know what you think about it. I thought Ryan's book told the American side pretty well, but it's always possible that McManus may have turned up some new information. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 just ordered for the kindle. Amazon is my other entertainment crack. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunt_GI Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 I pre-ordered it..and am glad I did. It is pretty good so far. It doesn't appear that McManus has broken any new ground, but I think he has mined much of the recent research to tell a more balanced story of the American airborne battles, which while not as dramatic as the stand of the 1st British Airborne, were still some of the hardest fighting of the war. The thing that really intrigues me about the book is McManus CONTINUES the story into the weeks after Market Garden to tell the story of the fighting along the Reichwald before the Ardennes Campaign begins... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword56 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Another new book, available on Kindle, is "Deliver Us From Darkness: The Untold Story of Third Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment During Market Garden," by Ian Gardner. Terrifically well written and loaded with first-person material, including more on the Dutch civilian and resistance perspective both before and after September. I've got it now and am enjoying it immensely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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