Fire and fortitude: the US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943
"John C. McManus, one of our most highly-acclaimed historians of World War II, takes readers from Pearl Harbor...a rude awakening for a ragtag militia woefully unprepared for war...to Makin, a sliver of coral reef where the Army was tested against the increasingly-desperate Japanese. In between...
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New York, New York
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[2019]
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| Summary: | "John C. McManus, one of our most highly-acclaimed historians of World War II, takes readers from Pearl Harbor...a rude awakening for a ragtag militia woefully unprepared for war...to Makin, a sliver of coral reef where the Army was tested against the increasingly-desperate Japanese. In between were nearly two years of punishing combat as the Army transformed, at times unsteadily, from an undertrained garrison force into an unstoppable juggernaut, and America evolved from an inward-looking nation into a global superpower."...Provided by publisher |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 624 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Illustrationen, Karte |
| ISBN: | 9780451475046 |
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| adam_text | Contents Author s Note xv Prologue 1 PART ONE: ONSLAUGHT 1. Stunned 15 2. Hostages to Fortune 48 3. Doomed 90 4. Allies of a Kind 159 5. Partners 193 6. Hell 231 PART TWO: TURNABOUT 7. Possibilities 259 8. My Crime Deserves More Than Death” 305 9. Chills 366 10. The Counsel of Our Fears 395 11. Fighting Two Battles 426 12. Surviving 460 13. Toils 477 14. Makin 506
Acknowledgments 537 Selected Bibliography 543 Notes 551 Index 607
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