{"product_id":"the-hotel-tacloban-the-explosive-true-story-of-one-americans-journey-to-hell-in-a-japanese-pow-camp-9781504059091","title":"The Hotel Tacloban: The Explosive True Story of One American's Journey to Hell in a Japanese POW Camp","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"very dramatic [and] compelling\" World War II story of murder, mutiny, and a military cover-up, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Phoenix Program\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Captured by the Japanese while on patrol in the fetid jungles of New Guinea, Douglas Valentine's father, who'd enlisted in the US Army at age sixteen, was sent to a prison camp in the Philippines, where he was interned with Australian and British soldiers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The events that followed make up this \"well-told, chilling\" story of betrayal and brutality--a powerful tale of a son uncovering the traumatic events that shaped the rest of his father's life (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Not just a searing picture of life in a terrible POW camp, it is also a significant historical document about a place that the U.S. military says never existed.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDouglas Valentine is the author of four books of historical nonfiction: \u003ci\u003eThe Hotel Tacloban\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Phoenix Program: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerica's Use of Terror in Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America's War on Drugs\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Strength of the Pack: The Personalities, Politics and Espionage Intrigues that Shaped the DEA\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eTDY\u003c\/i\u003e, and a book of poems, \u003ci\u003eA Crow's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the editor of the poetry anthology \u003ci\u003eWith Our Eyes Wide Open: Poems of the New American Century\u003c\/i\u003e. Valentine lives with his wife, Alice, in Massachusetts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50416500375826,"sku":"9781504059091","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_926f92b1-9fac-4b64-960f-6359ccdf935e.jpg?v=1729423342","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hotel-tacloban-the-explosive-true-story-of-one-americans-journey-to-hell-in-a-japanese-pow-camp-9781504059091","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}