{"product_id":"the-enemy-beside-me-peter-v-pickens-9798896740773","title":"The Enemy Beside Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eDaniel Ziegenfuss is a nineteen-year-old college freshman when Pearl Harbor shatters his idyllic life. Transformed into a U.S. Marine, he is taught a single truth: the enemy is evil. Across the Pacific, Ichiro Shidehara, the son of a renowned Japanese peace activist, struggles within an army that views him with intense suspicion. A \"bombardier who won't bomb straight,\" Ichiro privately vows to support the supremacy of the Emperor and defy the ambitions of the Japanese militarists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Ichiro is shot down and Daniel saves his life, an unlikely friendship develops despite the complete language barrier and the inherent brutality of war. Told through a series of powerful letters to home, this is a story of courage, patriotism, survival, and the discovery of a shared humanity that no amount of indoctrination can extinguish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter V. Pickens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896740773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Masthof Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d","brand":"Peter V. Pickens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50546057281791,"sku":"9798896740773","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_02bd678c-d85f-4bc5-82b5-66c0734e25b2.jpg?v=1790534964","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-enemy-beside-me-peter-v-pickens-9798896740773","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}