"Mr. McManus gives the reader a glimpse into the shrapnel and lead flying among desperate soldiers, and his pacing is impeccable…. September Hope describes the slow, unfolding train wreck in gripping detail. It is a testament to men assigned the impossible who, through sheer willpower, almost pulled it off."- Wall Street Journal "In September 1944 the Allies' heady advances ground to a bloody halt all along the Western Front. John C. McManus's superb September Hope takes us to the heart of some of the most intense and dramatic combat of the entire war. A riveting and deeply moving story of uncommon courage.

" -Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author of The Longest Winter " A fine account of one of the Second World War's most fraught and frustrating battles. John C. McManus's extensive research allows him to tell the story with verve and authority. " -Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An Army at Dawn "In September Hope, John McManus continues his mission to document the experiences of American GIs on the western front of World War II. Focusing on the US Airborne operations in the Netherlands, McManus mines a rich and too-long-neglected vein of stories, many revealed here for the first time. September Hope details the valor of American soldiers-in this case Airborne forces-who routinely and decisively defeated the vaunted elite of the Wehrmacht, including SS and parachute troops." -Mark Bando, author of 101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles at Normandy "John C. McManus's September Hope is an absolutely riveting and vivid narrative that captures the full extent of the heroism of America's troops in Operation Market Garden.

What McManus does especially well is weave together the tense deliberations of the Allied generals in their headquarters with the blow-by-blow experiences of the soldiers battling their way through enemy territory. This is military history at its finest. " -Andrew Carroll, editor of the New York Times bestsellers War Letters and Behind the Lines "McManus' crisply written book tells of the campaign as seen through the eyes of the privates, sergeants and captains who jumped into the Netherlands and the air crews who got them there."- St. Louis Post-Dispatch.