The Bataan Death March was just the beginning of the woes American soldiers captured by the Japanese army in the Philippines had to endure. The survivors of the march faced not only their captors' regular brutality, but also a host of illness such as dysentery and malaria. For three years these "ghost soldiers" lived in misery, suffering terrible losses.

In Ghost Soldier, journalist Hampton Sides recounts that daring rescue, once known to every American schoolchild but now long forgotten. A gifted storyteller, Sides packs his narrative with detailed descriptions of the principal actors on both sides of the struggle and with moments of danger and exhilaration. Thrilling from start to finish, his book celebrates the heroism of hundreds o0f warriors and brings renewed attention to one of the Rangers' finest hours.

Popular writer and Outside columnist Sides interviewed participants in one of WWII's little-known exploits: the rescue of 500 American and allied POWS from Cabanatuan prison camp on the Philippine island of Luzon. This gripping account intertwines the tale of these prisoners, who were survivors of the horrible Bataan Death March in 1942 and 121 officers and men of the army's Sixth Ranger Battalion.

With blurbs coming from the likes of David Halberstam and Jon Krakaucer, this should sell hugely.