TY - BOOK N2 - "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. AB - "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. T1 - The conquering tide :war in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 / AU - Toll, Ian W. ET - First edition. CN - D767 CN - D767 ID - 741154 KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - World War, 1939-1945 SN - 9780393080643 SN - 0393080641 TI - The conquering tide :war in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 / ER -