D-Days in the Pacific

Donald L. Miller

ISBN 10: 1470813971 ISBN 13: 9781470813970

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2012

Synopsis

Traces the campaigns waged by Allied forces against the Japanese during World War II, from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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About the Author

DONALD L. MILLER is John Henry MacCracken Professor of History at Lafayette College. He is a creator and associate producer of the HBO documentary He Has Seen War and has been chief consultant for numerous award-winning PBS productions. He is author of the prizewinning City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America.

From Publishers Weekly

A distinguished historian who revised and updated Henry Steele Commager's History of World War II now focuses on the Pacific War. The theatre emerges as a series of amphibious landings, for which the U.S. had prepared before the war and which almost certainly shortened the war. But as the U.S. fought its way from Guadalcanal to Okinawa and prepared to invade the Japanese home islands, its troops faced skilled and tenacious resistance by the Japanese. Survivors on both sides (Americans include Eugene Sledge, William Manchester and James Jones) emphasize the brutality and the stress of the close-quarters combat that often arose from an amphibious landing. The author also emphasizes the strained relations between MacArthur and Nimitz, which led to a two-front campaign that pushed even American resources to the limit. As he concludes, Miller notes with unusual balance the role that the casualties of Iwo Jima and Okinawa played in the decision to drop the A-bomb, by creating expectations of even bloodier battles in the course of an invasion. The book also includes annotation and a bibliography valuable for further reading and a good selection of 80 b&w illustrations and 10 maps. It lacks only enough background on prewar diplomacy and the Japanese campaign in China to be the perfect introduction to the Pacific War. Agent, Lou Reda.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1470813971
• ISBN 13: 9781470813970
• Binding: Audio CD