The conquering tide : war in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 / Ian W. Toll.
2015
D767 .T64 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
The conquering tide : war in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 / Ian W. Toll.
Author
Toll, Ian W.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780393080643 (hardcover)
0393080641 (hardcover)
0393080641 (hardcover)
Published
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Language
English
Description
xxxi, 622 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Call Number
D767 .T64 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.54/26
Summary
"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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-594) and index.
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