Goodbye, Darkness

A Memoir of the Pacific War

By: William Manchester

Narrated by: Barrett Whitener

In this intensely powerful memoir, America's pre-eminent biographer-historian, who has written so brilliantly about World War II in his acclaimed lives of General Douglas MacArthur ( American Caesar) and Winston Churchill ( The Last Lion), looks back at his own early life.

This memoir offers an unrivaled firsthand account of World War II in the Pacific - what it looked like, sounded like, smelled like, and most of all, what it felt like to one who underwent all but the ultimate of its experiences.

©1979, 1980 William Manchester (P)2007 Blackstone Audio Inc.

Critic reviews

"It belongs with the best war memoirs ever written." (Los Angeles Times)
"A strong and honest account." (The New York Times Book Review)
"When Manchester speaks of the awesome heroism and hideous suffering of the Marines he lived with and fought with, he is reverent before the mystery of individual courage and gallantry." (Baltimore Sun)

A great listen

Manchester just doesn’t tell his experiences, he tells them with with amazing stories nsight and a keen poetic ear.

Best book

I Haven’t read a book in this good for a long time a b c

Manchester is a great writer.

The author is almost always worth reading or listening to. This book is no exception. He really is passionate here as it is biographical.

Fantastic

Incredible inside look at the major WWII battles by someone who fought in them and survived to tell the tale.

Extrodinary

This story touches one's
heart. Just when you think it is over, you
are picked up and sent to
even another unforgettable adventures
that will thrill and shake.
Manchester has a deep and remarkable vocabulary as his splendid ability for the English language has no limits. it is amazing he survived those island Pacific battles. I am going to get the book for further study. I will have to get the large print as I am a senior citizen who still jogs in the park and wish my eyes were as good as mu running.
Looking forward to reading (listening) to William Manchester books.