On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss, a blow that destroyed the offensive power of their fleet. Pacific Crucible--through a dramatic narrative relying predominantly on primary sources and eyewitness accounts of heroism and sacrifice from both navies--tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history to seize the strategic initiative.
Detalles
Formato
Tapa suave
Número de Páginas
656
Lenguaje
Inglés
Editorial
W. W. Norton & Company
Fecha de Publicación
2012-11-26
Dimensiones
9.1" x 6.1" x 1.7" pulgadas
Serie
Pacific War Trilogy
Letra Grande
No
Con Ilustraciones
Si
Temas
Años 1940
Acerca del Autor
Toll, Ian W.
Ian W. Toll is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Conquering Tide, Pacific Crucible, and Six Frigates, winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award and the William E. Colby Award. He lives in New York.
Descripción
On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss. Pacific Crucible tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history and seized the strategic initiative.
Ian W. Toll's dramatic narrative encompasses both the high command and the "sailor's-eye" view from the lower deck. Relying predominantly on eyewitness accounts and primary sources, Pacific Crucible also spotlights recent scholarship that has revised our understanding of the conflict, including the Japanese decision to provoke a war that few in the country's highest circles thought they could win. The result is a page-turning history that does justice to the breadth and depth of a tremendous subject.
Detalles
Formato
Tapa dura
Número de Páginas
640
Lenguaje
Inglés
Editorial
W. W. Norton & Company
Fecha de Publicación
2011-11-14
Dimensiones
9.56" x 6.38" x 1.65" pulgadas
Serie
Pacific War Trilogy
Letra Grande
No
Con Ilustraciones
Si
Temas
Años 1940
Acerca del Autor
Toll, Ian W.
Ian W. Toll is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Conquering Tide, Pacific Crucible, and Six Frigates, winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award and the William E. Colby Award. He lives in New York.
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
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