Bibliograph

The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose

Type

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The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 927-1031)

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Pacific

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

703209116

Responsibility statement

Hugh Ambrose

Summary

In this companion book to the HBO series on the war in the Pacific, historian Hugh Ambrose focuses on five American soldiers who each took an active role in the difficult and costly--in terms of lives--campaign to reach the Japanese mainland. Ambrose recounts key battles--Guadalcanal, Midway, Okinawa, and the lesser-known Peleliu--and he provides a soldier's eye view of the events, conveying the great valor and sacrifices of those in uniform

resource.variantTitle

Pacific, hell was an ocean away

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