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Guadalcanal Remembered
Herbert Christian Merillat
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Description for Guadalcanal Remembered
Paperback. Guadalancal was a pivotal World War II battle in the Pacific Theatre. As a press officer in the Marine Corps Reserve, Merillat was particularly well positioned to record the military action and this combat memoir offers on-the-spot reportage of all the action. Num Pages: 352 pages, 58 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 1QSP; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Guadalancal was a pivotal World War II battle in the Pacific Theatre - a hotly contested struggle between the Japanese and American forces for possession of a small airstrip on a beautiful but blood-soaked atoll of Solomon Islands. History has confirmed that the island campaign was both symbolically and strategically the turning point of the Pacific war. Following their defeat here, Japan, which had been on the offesnsive since Pearl Harbor, would move into defensive position and the United States would assume the offensive, never to yield it until the end of the war. As a press officer in the ... Read more
Guadalancal was a pivotal World War II battle in the Pacific Theatre - a hotly contested struggle between the Japanese and American forces for possession of a small airstrip on a beautiful but blood-soaked atoll of Solomon Islands. History has confirmed that the island campaign was both symbolically and strategically the turning point of the Pacific war. Following their defeat here, Japan, which had been on the offesnsive since Pearl Harbor, would move into defensive position and the United States would assume the offensive, never to yield it until the end of the war. As a press officer in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817312909
SKU
V9780817312909
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Ref
99-15
About Herbert Christian Merillat
A Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, a graduate of the National War College, and a Sterling Fellow at Yale Law School. Herbert Christian Merillat has had a varied carter in international affairs as a writer, lawyer, government official, and administrator. He is author of eight books, including Land and the Constitution in India and The Gnostic Apostle Thomas.
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