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Fire and fortitude : the US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 / John C. McManus.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780451475046
- ISBN: 0451475046
- Physical Description: xvi, 624 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: [New York, New York] : Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Place of publication from publisher's website. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-549) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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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| Subject: | United States. Army > History > World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area. Isolationism > United States > History. United States > Defenses > History. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Crawford County Library-Bourbon | 940.54 McM (Text) | 33431000434330 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
