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To the end of the earth

Name: To the end of the earth
Author: John C. McManus

John C. McManus

02 May 2023

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Book Synopsis

The dawn of 1945 finds a US Army at its peak in the Pacific. Allied victory over Japan is all but assured. The only question is how many more months - or years - of fight does the enemy have left. John C. McManus's magisterial series, described by the Wall Street Journal as being 'as vast and splendid as Rick Atkinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Liberation Trilogy,' returns with this brilliant final volume. On the island of Luzon, a months-long stand-off between US and Japanese troops finally breaks open, as American soldiers push into Manila, while paratroopers capture nearby Corregidor. The Philippines are soon liberated, and Allied warlords turn their eyes to Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Japanese home islands themselves. Readers will walk in the boots of American soldiers and officers, braving intense heat, rampant disease, and a by-now suicidal enemy, determined to kill as many opponents as possible before defeat. At the same time, this outstanding narrative lays bare the titanic ego and ambition of the Pacific War's greatest general, Douglas MacArthur, and the complex challenges he faced in Japan's unconditional surrender and America's lengthy occupation.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780593186886
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Dutton Books, (02 May 2023)
Number of Pages: 448
Weight: 728 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 242 x 163 x 40 mm
Categories:: History