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"From the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McManus's trilogy on the US Army in the Pacific War"-- [Provided by publisher]
The dawn of 1945 finds a US Army at its peak in the Pacific. Allied victory over Japan is all but assured. The only question is how many more months--or years--of fight does the enemy have left. John C. McManus's magisterial series, described by the Wall Street Journal as being "as vast and splendid as Rick Atkinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Liberation Trilogy," returns with this brilliant final volume. On the island of Luzon, a months-long stand-off between US and Japanese troops finally breaks open, as American soldiers push into Manila, while paratroopers and amphibious invaders capture nearby Corregidor. The Philippines are soon liberated, and Allied strategists turn their eyes to China, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Japanese home islands themselves. Readers will walk in the boots of American soldiers and officers, braving intense heat, rampant disease, and a by-now suicidal enemy, determined to kill as many opponents as possible before defeat, and they will encounter Japanese soldiers faced with the terrible choice between capitulation or doom. At the same time, this outstanding narrative lays bare the titanic ego and ambition of the Pacific War's most prominent general, Douglas MacArthur, and the complex challenges he faced in Japan's unconditional surrender and America's lengthy occupation.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Crusade
• 2. Grind and Dash
• 3. Hope and Grief
• 4. Doorstep
• 5. Final Act.

Author/Creator:

McManus, John C., 1965- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

To the end of the earth: the US Army and the downfall of Japan, 1945 [by McManus, J.C.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: To the end of the earth [by McManus, J.C.] ([New York, NY] : Dutton Caliber, [2023] — ISBN 9780593186909; LCCN 2022055495)

Subjects:

United States Army — History — World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Pacific Area

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-419) and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

D767 .M368 2023eb

ISBNs:

9780593186909 (electronic bk.)
0593186907 (electronic bk.)
9780593186886 [Invalid]
0593186885 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1352990137

Other Control Numbers:

3347741 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp304918241