{"product_id":"four-hours-of-fury-9781501179389","title":"Four Hours of Fury","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Details every aspect of the American 17th Airborne Division's role in Operation Varsity . . . inspired.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fenelon brings his personal experience as a paratrooper to bear in analyzing airborne operations in the 20th century’s greatest conflict….A riveting account of an airborne division at war.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eArmy Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Examines Operation Varsity, a little-known but massive operation near the end of WWII…Testimony from surviving veterans provides gripping detail.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Tells the forgotten story of this airborne operation…[James Fenelon] does an excellent job in interweaving personal histories and recollections with unit histories and after-action reports to give a good sense of the heavy fighting that occurred around the drop and landing zones.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I was hooked . . . . The give-and-take dialogue and the physical interchange between the members of the unit are authentic. It is how it was! . . . If you 'were there and did that' you'll relive it. If you're just a reader and not reliving your own experiences in battle, some of what you read will be hard to believe—but that is the way it was!\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Col. William E. Weber, USA-Ret, \u003ci\u003eAirborne Quarterly Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gripping and well-written… Fenelon provides both the American and German perspectives of the fight, deftly weaving operational history with vivid personal accounts of the paratroopers who so bravely floated down to earth, where the hell of war greeted them.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Robert M. Edsel, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Monuments Men\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Exceptional…[Fenelon] examines all of the battle’s various aspects: from Allied and German high command strategy conferences, to the logistics of dropping tens of thousands of soldiers behind enemy lines, to the experiences of the paratroopers and glider soldiers in the air and on the ground…. An extraordinary story well told.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Peter R. Mansoor, author of \u003ci\u003eThe GI Offensive in Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941-1945\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Deeply impactful… As you experience this four-hour descent into chaos, you’ll feel like your own boots are hitting the ground.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—A.J. Baime, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eDepicts as few books ever have the complex levels of planning that are a precursor to a major invasion…Above all, [it] showcases the speed, noise, and permanence of horrifying, front-line combat.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Robert O’Neill, former SEAL Team operator and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Operator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Compellingly chronicles one of the least studied great episodes of World War II with power and authority….A riveting read.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Donald L. Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eMasters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fenelon has fashioned a mirror of hell… \u003ci\u003eFour Hours of Fury \u003c\/i\u003ehelps us see deeply into this little known but critical fight to the death.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Winston Groom, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eForrest Gump\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Aviators\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Generals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Epic… \u003ci\u003eFour Hours of Fury \u003c\/i\u003eis a fine tribute to the gallantry of the men and women who, against overwhelming odds, vanquished a great evil.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Craig Nelson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003ePearl Harbor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRocket Men\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe First Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Diving into \u003ci\u003eFour Hours of Fury \u003c\/i\u003eis like opening the jump door on a C-46 transport high over Germany in March of 1945…. The book is a gripping reminder that the crash of war is at its most deafening before the end.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Adam Makos, author of \u003ci\u003eSpearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A brilliant tribute to the last great parachute assault, and the men who invaded Hitler’s empire from the air.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Jonathan W. Jordan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBrothers Rivals Victors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A riveting chronicle of personal courage, overwhelming logistics, and inevitable mayhem that is as authentic as it gets.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Walter R. 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