The conquering tide : war in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
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Published
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
940.5426 TOLL
1 available
940.5426 TOLL
1 available
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Published
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxxi, 622 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
UPC
40025242147
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-594) and index.
Description
"This ... history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War--the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944--when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a 'conquering tide,' concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas. It was the largest, bloodiest, most costly, most technically innovative and logistically complicated amphibious war in history, and it fostered bitter interservice rivalries, leaving wounds that even victory could not heal"--Dust jacket flap.