Marine combat veteran and award-winning military historian Joseph Alexander takes a fresh look at one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War. His gripping narrative, first published in 1995, has won him many prizes, with critics lauding his use of Japanese documents and his interpretation of the significance of what happened. The first trial by fire of America's fledgling amphibious assault doctrine, the violent three-day attack on Tarawa, a seemingly invincible Japanese island fortress of barely three hundred acres, ...
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Marine combat veteran and award-winning military historian Joseph Alexander takes a fresh look at one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War. His gripping narrative, first published in 1995, has won him many prizes, with critics lauding his use of Japanese documents and his interpretation of the significance of what happened. The first trial by fire of America's fledgling amphibious assault doctrine, the violent three-day attack on Tarawa, a seemingly invincible Japanese island fortress of barely three hundred acres, left six thousand men dead. This book offers an authoritative account of the tactics, innovations, leadership, and weapons employed by both antagonists. Alexander convincingly argues that without the vital lessons of Tarawa the larger amphibious victories to come at Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa might not have been possible.
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Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Contains: Unspecified, Illustrations, black & white, Maps, Frontispiece. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 95015534 Type of material Book Personal name Alexander, Joseph H., 1938-Main title Utmost savagery: the three days of Tarawa / Joseph H. Alexander. Published/Created Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c20058. Description xxii, 304 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm. ISBN 9781591140030 (alk. paper) LC classification D767.917. A48 1995 LC Subjects United States. Marine Corps--History--World War, 1939-1945. Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943. Tarawa Atoll (Kiribati)--History, Military. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-292) and index. Dewey class no. 940.54/26 Geographic area code pokb---n-us---
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