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Victory in the Pacific
Samuel Eliot Morison
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Description for Victory in the Pacific
Paperback. In this concluding narrative volume of his remarkable series, Morison describes the two most famous campaigns in which he participated: Iwo Jima and Okinawa; he spares no details in describing the grim consequences of the kamikaze suicide crashes by enemy planes on the radar picket destroyers and other ships. Num Pages: 439 pages, 43 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
The details of these operations are described vividly, even passionately. Morison spares no information in describing the grim consequences of the kamikaze suicide crashes by enemy planes on the radar picket destroyers and other ships. With his usual clarity and skill, Morison describes the strategy that led to the concluding campaigns of the war and to the dropping of the first atomic bombs. Additional chapters are devoted to the logistics problem of supplying fleets and armies thousands of miles from bases to the devastating prowls by Pacific Fleet submarines, and to the controversial loss of the Indianapolis. Of ... Read more
The details of these operations are described vividly, even passionately. Morison spares no information in describing the grim consequences of the kamikaze suicide crashes by enemy planes on the radar picket destroyers and other ships. With his usual clarity and skill, Morison describes the strategy that led to the concluding campaigns of the war and to the dropping of the first atomic bombs. Additional chapters are devoted to the logistics problem of supplying fleets and armies thousands of miles from bases to the devastating prowls by Pacific Fleet submarines, and to the controversial loss of the Indianapolis. Of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591145790
SKU
V9781591145790
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About Samuel Eliot Morison
Samuel Eliot Morison taught history at Harvard from 1915 to 1955, except for active duty service in the Navy on board eleven different ships in all theaters of the war. In addition to this series, Rear Admiral Morison wrote many other popular and award-winning books on maritime history, including Two Ocean War. Morison, who died in 1976, was the recipient ... Read more
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