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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Heinrichs, Waldo H. (1925-2019)
Gallicchio, Marc S. (1954-....)
Titre(s) : Implacable foes [Texte imprimé] : war in the Pacific, 1944-1945 / Waldo Heinrichs and Marc Gallicchio
Publication : New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Description matérielle : xiii, 711 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Comprend : Gaining momentum ; Moving ahead on New Guinea, April-July, 1944 ; The Marianas campaign, June-August, 1944 ; Accelerating the advance, August-October, 1944 ; Leyte to Manila, October, 1944-March, 1945 ; Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945 ; Recovering Luzon, February-June, 1945 ; Beyond human endurance: taking all of the Philippines, February-June, 1945 ; Okinawa, April-June, 1945 ; Two down and one to go: the home front, March-June, 1945 ; Between war and peace, June-July, 1945 ; Potsdam, July-August, 1945 ; Surrender at last, August, 1945.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 661-665) and index
"At the end of World War Two, Americans clamored for their troops to come home. Politics
intruded upon military policy while a new and untested president struggled to strategize
among a military command that was often mired in rivalry. The task of defeating the
Japanese seemed nearly unsurmountable, even while plans to invade the home islands
were being drawn. Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall warned of the toll
that "the agony of enduring battle" would likely take. General Douglas MacArthur clashed
with Marshall and Admiral Nimitz over the most effective way to defeat the increasingly
resilient Japanese combatants. In the midst of this division, the Army began a program
of partial demobilization of troops in Europe, which depleted units at a time when
they most needed experienced soldiers. In this context of military emergency, victory
was salvaged by means of a horrific new weapon. As one Army staff officer admitted,
"The capitulation of Hirohito saved our necks." In Implacable Foes, award-winning
historians Waldo Heinrichs (a veteran of both theatres of war in World War II) and
Marc Gallicchio bring to life the final year of World War Two in the Pacific right
up to the dropping of the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, evoking not only
Japanese policies of desperate defense, but the sometimes rancorous debates on the
home front. They deliver a gripping and provocative narrative that challenges the
decision-making of U.S. leaders and delineates the consequences of prioritizing the
European front. The result is a masterly work of military history that evaluates the
nearly insurmountable trials associated with waging global war and the sacrifices
necessary to succeed."--Provided by publisher
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
Sujet(s) : Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Opérations militaires -- Pacifique (océan)
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Opérations navales américaines
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190616755. - ISBN 019061675X
EAN 12949892
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb453633385
Notice n° :
FRBNF45363338
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
