Bibliograph

Island infernos, the US Army's Pacific War odyssey, 1944, John C. McManus

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Island infernos, the US Army's Pacific War odyssey, 1944, John C. McManus

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

platesillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Island infernos

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1260166257

Responsibility statement

John C. McManus

Sub title

the US Army's Pacific War odyssey, 1944

Summary

"From the author of Fire and Fortitude, the continuation of the US Army's epic crusade in the Pacific War, from the battle of Saipan to the occupation of Japan"--, Provided by publisherAfter some two years at war, the Army in the Pacific held ground across nearly a third of the globe. The challenges ahead were enormous: supplying a vast number of troops over thousands of miles of ocean; surviving in jungles ripe with dysentery, malaria, and other tropical diseases; fighting an enemy prone to ever-more desperate and dangerous assaults. Yet the Army had proven they could fight. Now, they had to prove they could win a war. McManus moves seamlessly from the highest generals to the lowest foot soldiers, capturing the true essence of this horrible conflict. The story spans the battles for Saipan and Guam, the appalling carnage of Peleliu, General MacArthur's dramatic return to the Philippines, and the grinding jungle combat to capture the island of Leyte. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- Flintlock -- Acceleration -- Consolidation -- Informed business -- "From New Guinea no one returns alive" -- Galahad and Machiavelli -- Hell on land and at sea -- Triumph and travesty -- Right way and wrong way -- The ugly midsection -- Epilogue

Target audience

adult

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