The Boys of Pointe du Hoc - Douglas Brinkley - Audio Book

The boy of Pointe du Hoc - Douglas Brinkley: "These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc. These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. These are the heroes who helped end a war. " --- Ronald Reagan, June 6, 1984, Normandy, France.

Based upon recently released documents, The Boys of Pointe du Hoc is the first in-depth, anecdotal remembrance of these fearless Army Rangers. With brilliant deftness, Brinkley moves between two events four decades apart to tell the dual story of the making of Reagan's two uplifting 1984 speeches, considered by many to be among the best orations the Great Communicator ever gave.

Acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author of Tour of Duty Douglas Brinkley brings the riveting account of the brave U. S. Army Rangers who stormed the coast of Normandy on D-Day and the President, forty years later, who paid them homage.

Even if one think he knows a lot about this particular moment of World War II will be surprised of the amount of new material contains in this audio book.