Ian W. Toll The Conquering Tide (Paperback) Pacific War Trilogy

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Conquering TideCondition: NewSubtitle: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944ISBN-10: 0393353206EAN: 9780393353204ISBN: 9780393353204Publisher: WW Norton & CoFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/07/2016Description: This masterful 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. Often overlooked, these are the years and fights that decided the Pacific War. Ian W. Toll's battle scenes—in the air, at sea, and in the jungles—are simply riveting. He also takes the reader into the wartime councils in Washington and Tokyo where politics and strategy often collided, and into the struggle to mobilize wartime production, which was the secret of Allied victory. Brilliantly researched, the narrative is propelled and colored by firsthand accounts—letters, diaries, debriefings, and memoirs—that are the raw material of the telling details, shrewd judgment, and penetrating insight of this magisterial history. This volume—continuing the "marvelously readable dramatic narrative" (San Francisco Chronicle) of Pacific Crucible—marks the second installment of the Pacific War Trilogy, which will stand as the first history of the entire Pacific War to be published in at least twenty-five years.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 236mmItem Length: 155mmItem Width: 48mmItem Weight: 732gAuthor: Ian W. TollGenre: HistoryBook Series: Pacific War TrilogyTopic: Military History, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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