Retaking the Philippines: America's Return to Corregidor and Bataan, October 1944-March 1945

William B Breuer

ISBN 10: 0312678029 / ISBN 13: 9780312678029

Published by St. Martin's Press January 1986, 1986

About this Item

First edition by number code. Boards have shelf wear and slanted at spine. Dust jacket has shelf wear with small tears.

Seller Inventory # 293896

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Retaking the Philippines: America's Return to Corregidor and Bataan, October 1944-March 1945
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press January 1986
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312678029
• ISBN 13: 9780312678029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: First Edition
• Condition: Collectible - Acceptable
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military

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Synopsis

Breuer examines and recreates the time and events of MacArthur's recapture of Manila, Corregidor, and Bataan

Reviews

July 1944: U.S. armed forces are poised for the next step towards Japan. Will it be the Philippines or Formosa? The Army (represented by MacArthur) wants to liberate the Philippines; the Navy (Nimitz and King) proposes bypassing the islands and invading Formosa. Finally, MacArthur persuades Roosevelt to back his plan. Popular historian Breuer has the knack of making complex situations intelligible. His account of the liberation of the American prisoners at Los Banos, Cabantuan, and Santo Thomas prisons and his chapters on the retaking of Corregidor are masterful. Not a scholarly account of the entire Philippine campaign but a useful introduction for nonspecialists, this is recommended for most public libraries. Military Book Club dual main selection. Stanley Itkin, Hillside P.L., New Hyde Park, N.Y.
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