In Harm's Way

















- Published: 7 June 2002
- ISBN: 9780553813609
- Imprint: Bantam
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 432
- RRP: $24.99
The story of the 1945 sinking of the USS Indianapolis ... 1196 men went into the Pacific... their entire ordeal, from the intial fireball to the 1968 suicide of the captian, is spelt out here in vivd, horrific detail. Brilliant stuff.
Later
A thoroughly researched, powerfully written account of a nightmare at sea, one of the most poignant tragedies and injustices of World War II
Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down
Superb...it's the stuff about the men in the sea that'll make you weep. Four days without water, being picked off one by one by sharks...and no-one in the world even realising they are missing. Gripping
FHM
How could a WWII battleship carrying over 1,000 men be torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sink, leaving the survivors to bob in the Pacific Ocean at the mercy of elements and predators, without anyone realizing the loss for more than four days? Stanton not only offers a well-researched chronicle of what is widely regarded as the worst naval disaster in U.S. history, but also vividly renders the combatants' hellish ordeal during the sinking, and the ensuing days at sea as well as attempts to cope with the traumatic aftermath . . . absorbing, novelistic . . . illuminating and emotional without being maudlin
Publishers Weekly