2010 Audie Award Winner. The fight for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan was America's first major land battle of WWII – and the single largest defeat in American military history. Focusing on this event and its aftermath, thisaudiobook exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate, and makes clear that war causes suffering for people on all sides. "Searing narrative... an indispensable addition to every WWII collection."—Booklist