Bibliograph

Fire and fortitude, the US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943, John C. McManus

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Fire and fortitude, the US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943, John C. McManus

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 543-605) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fire and fortitude

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1051778604

Responsibility statement

John C. McManus

Sub title

the US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943

Summary

"John C. McManus, one of our most highly-acclaimed historians of World War II, takes readers from Pearl Harbor--a rude awakening for a ragtag militia woefully unprepared for war--to Makin, a sliver of coral reef where the Army was tested against the increasingly-desperate Japanese. In between were nearly two years of punishing combat as the Army transformed, at times unsteadily, from an undertrained garrison force into an unstoppable juggernaut, and America evolved from an inward-looking nation into a global superpower."--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Onslaught -- Stunned -- Hostages to fortune -- Doomed -- Allies of a kind -- Partners -- Hell -- Turnabout -- Possibilities -- "My crime deserves more than death" -- Chills -- The counsel of our fears -- Fighting two battles -- Surviving -- Toils -- Makin

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