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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McManus, John C., 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.

World War, 1939-1945.

Military campaigns.

United States. Army--History--World War, 1939-1945.

United States.

United States. Army.

History.

Pacific Area.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 637 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Dutton Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]

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 publisher.

After 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

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Flintlock

2. Acceleration

3. Consolidation

4. Informed Boldness

5. "From New Guinea No One Returns Alive"

6. Galahad and Machiavelli

7. Hell on Land and at Sea

8. Triumph and Travesty

9. Right Way and Wrong Way

10. The Ugly Midsection.

Notes:

Place of publication from publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: McManus, John C. Island infernos

ISBN:

9780451475060

0451475062

OCLC:

1260166257

Publisher Number:

99989112538