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The Pacific / Hugh Ambrose.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection D767.9 .A46 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ambrose, Hugh.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Marines--United States--Biography.
- Marines.
- United States. Marine Corps--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Marine Corps--History--World War, 1939-1945.
- United States. Marine Corps--History--World War II.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 489 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New American Library, c2010.
- Summary:
- In this companion book to the HBO series on the war in the Pacific, historian Hugh Ambrose focuses on five American soldiers who each took an active role in the difficult and costly--in terms of lives--campaign to reach the Japanese mainland. Ambrose recounts key battles--Guadalcanal, Midway, Okinawa, and the lesser-known Peleliu--and he provides a soldier's eye view of the events, conveying the great valor and sacrifices of those in uniform.
- Notes:
- "NAL caliber."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Companion book to the television miniseries.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift: Diane Rossheim.
- ISBN:
- 9780451230232
- 045123023X
- OCLC:
- 426803539
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