Fire and Fortitude
The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943
New York, New York : Dutton Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xvi, 624 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
"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.
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.
Subjects:
United States. Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
United States. Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
ISBN:
9780451475046 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWII McM | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.