Fire and fortitude: the US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943
John C. McManus
- Resource Type:
- E-Book
- Edition:
- First edition
- Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [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 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.
- Table of 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.
- Author/Creator:
- McManus, John C., 1965- , author
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
- Other Related Resources:
- Print version: Fire and fortitude [by McManus, J.C.] (First edition; [New York, New York] : Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019] — ISBN 9780451475046; LCCN 2018037343; OCLC Number 1051778604)
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record. - Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 624 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps
- Digital Characteristics:
- text file
- Call Numbers:
- D767 .M36 2019eb
- ISBNs:
- 9780698192768 (electronic bk.)
0698192761 (electronic bk.)
9780451475046 [Invalid]
0451475046 [Invalid] - OCLC Numbers:
- 1110725103