Description
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 Cruciblethrough a dramatic narrative relying predominantly on primary sources and eyewitness accounts of heroism and sacrifice from both naviestells 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.
Author: Ian W. Toll
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/26/2012
Series: Pacific War Trilogy #1
Pages: 656
Weight: 1.6lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9780393343410
Language: English
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.