Utmost Savagery The Three Days of Tarawa

Name: Utmost Savagery The Three Days of Tarawa
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ISBN: 9781591140030

ISBN-10: 159114003X

ISBN-13: 9781591140030

Edition: 2008

Authors: Joseph H. Alexander

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"Marine combat veteran and award-winning military historian Joseph Alexander takes a fresh look at one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War. His gripping narrative, first published in 1995, was lauded by critics for his use of Japanese documents and his interpretation of the significance of Tarawa in the Pacific theater. The first trial by fire of America's fledgling amphibious assault doctrine, the violent three-day attack on a seemingly invincible Japanese island fortress of barely three hundred acres, left six thousand men dead. This book offers an authoritative account of the tactics, innovations, leadership, and weapons employed by both sides. Alexander convincingly argues that…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Publication date: 9/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.06" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

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List of Illustrations


Prologue: "Issue in Doubt!"



The Central Pacific Takes Center Stage



The Japanese in the Gilberts



Amphibious Warriors



Movement to Contact



Into the Gates of Hell



Gaining Toeholds on D-Day



Dark-Eyed Night



"We Are Winning!"



Fight to the Finish



The Gilberts Aflame



Pyrrhic Victory


Epilogue: Tarawa's Enduring Legacy


Notes on Sources


Notes


Bibliography


Index