{"product_id":"9781101579978","title":"Into Dust and Fire: Five Young Americans Who Went First to Fight the Nazi Army","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A moving, beautifully-written tale… Rachel Cox has produced a masterpiece of storytelling, infused with romance, danger, adventure, humor, and heartbreaking loss. It is, hands down, the best description of the transformation of untested young men into soldiers that I have ever read.” — Lynne Olson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author of \u003ci\u003eLast Hope Island\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe untold story of five young American friends who left the ivory towers at Harvard and Dartmouth to take on Rommel's Panzers under the blazing sun of North Africa…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the spring of 1941, with Europe consumed by war and occupation, Britain stood alone against the Nazi menace. The United States remained wary of joining the costly and destructive conflict. But for five extraordinary young Americans, the global threat of fascism was too great to ignore.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Six months before Pearl Harbor, these courageous idealists left their promising futures behind to join the beleaguered British Army. Fighting as foreigners, they were shipped off to join the Desert Rats, the 7th Armoured Division of the British Eighth Army, who were battling Field Marshal Rommel’s panzer division. The Yanks would lead antitank and machine-gun platoons into combat at the Second Battle of El Alamein, the twelve-day epic of tank warfare that would ultimately turn the tide for the Allies.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A fitting tribute to five men whose commitment to freedom transcended national boundaries, \u003ci\u003eInto Dust and Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping true tale of idealism, courage, camaraderie, sacrifice, and heroism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e INCLUDES PHOTOS\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120886792432,"sku":"9781101579978","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101579978_p0.jpg?v=1763688003","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101579978","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}