{"product_id":"2026200014343-secondhand-the-bridges-at-toko-ri","title":"The Bridges At Toko-Ri","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the freezing skies above the Korean Peninsula, a war-weary Navy pilot must confront the brutal, unforgiving calculus of modern combat in James A. Michener's The Bridges at Toko-Ri. Lieutenant Harry Brubaker, a World War II veteran and Denver lawyer thrust back into uniform during the Korean War, is tasked with one of the most dangerous missions of the conflict: destroying a series of heavily fortified bridges deep in enemy territory. Michener chronicles not only the harrowing mechanics of jet-age aerial warfare but also the intimate human cost exacted from a man who questions why fate has called him to die in a forgotten war, far from his wife and daughters.\n\nMichener, already celebrated for Tales of the South Pacific and South Pacific, brings his trademark sweeping moral vision to bear on this lean, tightly constructed novella, which stands as one of the most powerful anti-war statements in American literature. Stripped of the sprawling geography that defines his larger works, the narrative achieves an almost unbearable intensity, forcing the reader to reckon with questions of duty, sacrifice, and the indifferent machinery of geopolitical conflict. For a story barely over one hundred pages, it leaves a wound that does not easily heal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161027027163,"sku":"2026200014343-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d9cb129b-1c3e-4574-b7d9-49aa9038a253.png?v=1787189380","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014343-secondhand-the-bridges-at-toko-ri","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}