Pacific Crucible: War in the Pacific, 1941-1943
- 作者
- 出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
- 出版时间 2012年1月 第1版
- ISBN 9780393068139
- 定价 344.30
内容简介
OnthefirstSundayinDecember1941,anarmadaofJapanesewarplanesappearedsuddenlyoverPearlHarbor,Hawaii,anddevastatedtheU.S.PacificFleet.Sixmonthslater,inaseafightnorthofthetinyatollofMidway,fourJapaneseaircraftcarriersweresentintotheabyss.PacificCrucibletellstheepictaleofthesefirstsearingmonthsofthePacificwar,whentheU.S.NavyshookofftheworstdefeatinAmericanmilitaryhistoryandseizedthestrategicinitiative.IanW.Toll'sdramaticnarrativeencompassesboththehighcommandandthe"sailor's-eye"viewfromthelowerdeck.Relyingpredominantlyoneyewitnessaccountsandprimarysources,PacificCruciblealsospotlightsrecentscholarshipthathasrevisedourunderstandingoftheconflict,includingtheJapanesedecisiontoprovokeawarthatfewinthecountry'shighestcirclesthoughttheycouldwin.Theresultisapage-turninghistorythatdoesjusticetothebreadthanddepthofatremendoussubject.
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