Munda Trail: Turning the Tide Against Japan in the South Pacific (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)

Hammel, Eric

ISBN 10: 0517569728 / ISBN 13: 9780517569726

Published by Orion Books, U.S.A., 1989

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Inscribed by author on front end paper, small smudge on front end paper, jacket a bit soiled on inside and rubbed looking. Seller Inventory # 046600

Bibliographic Details

Title: Munda Trail: Turning the Tide Against Japan ...

Publisher: Orion Books, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1989

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition.

Book Type: Book

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Synopsis:

Recalls the battle over New Georgia in the Solomon Islands, one of America's offensive actions in the Pacific during World War II

From Publishers Weekly:

The New Georgia campaign, part of the WW II struggle for the Solomons chain in the Pacific, was concerned chiefly with the capture of the Japanese airfield at Munda. On the American side, most of the fighting was done by the inexperienced troops of the Army's 43rd Division, commanded in turn by Major-Generals John Hester and John Hodge. After a two-month campaign in the summer of 1943, the heavily outnumbered and outgunned Japanese were forced to retreat. Hammel, author of many military histories, writes here of a relatively uninterest ing campaign, one with unimaginative tactics on both sides and with piecemeal commitment of U.S. forces. About the only feature that distinguished the campaign was widespread "combat fatigue," a condition which, according to Hammel, was first defined and diagnosed at New Georgia. And unlike other historians, he fails to note that the level of leadership and soldiering alike was so poor during the early part of the campaign that demoralization was inevitable. Photos.
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