Fire and fortitude : the US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 / John C. McManus.
Fire and fortitude : the US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 / John C. McManus.
Fire and fortitude : the US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 / John C. McManus.
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Publisher
[New York, New York] : Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019]
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G 2019/4229
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 624 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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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Publisher
[New York, New York] : Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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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 tr...
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Full title
Fire and fortitude : the US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 / John C. McManus.
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US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943
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Place of publication from publisher's website.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-549) and index.
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G 2019/4229
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74VKVlVdOPMg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVlVdOPMg
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ISBN
9780451475046 hardcover
0451475046 hardcover
DDC
940.5426
MMS ID
991024261617902626
