The Fleet at Flood Tide
America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
New York : Bantam Books, [2016]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xxvii, 602 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
"Timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, here is an unprecedented account of the extraordinary World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise of the United States as a global superpower, "--Amazon.com.
Contents:
Part One: Sea. Engine of siege ; On the western warpath ; In Turner's train ; A charge for Ozawa ; The outer colony ; A rumor of fleets ; OBB and UDT ; Heavy weather -- Part Two: Land. Heavier, higher, faster ; D Day ; Trail, attack, report ; Tank attack ; The view from the mountain ; First contact ; War of the wind machines ; Fast carriers down ; To build a better airfield ; Beyond darkness ; Smith versus Smith ; Satan's breath ; The dying game ; Sniper ship on a cave shoot ; Beyond all boundaries ; Atop suicide cliffs ; Regime change ; Steel like snowflakes ; The will to lose hard -- Part Three: Air. Secrets of New Mexico ; Going critical ; Everybody's business ; Divine winds ; Methods of death on the wing ; Opportunity and madness ; Prompt and utter destruction ; Clear-cut results -- Part Four: Earth. Eight bells for an empire ; The war wearies.
Subjects:
Spruance, Raymond Ames, 1886-1969.
Turner, Richmond Kelly, 1885-1961.
Tibbets, Paul W. (Paul Warfield), 1915-2007.
United States. Navy. Fleet, 5th -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
Spruance, Raymond Ames, 1886-1969.
Turner, Richmond Kelly, 1885-1961.
Tibbets, Paul W. (Paul Warfield), 1915-2007.
United States. Navy. Fleet, 5th -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
ISBN:
9780345548702
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWII Campaigns Pacific Hor | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-568) and index.