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Pacific Legacy: Image and Memory from World War II in the Pacific de Gerald A. Meehl

Pacific Legacy: Image and Memory from World War II in the Pacific

Autor Gerald A. Meehl
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 iun 2020
TheclassicphotobookaboutthebattlegroundsofthePacificTheaterthenandnow--updatedwithnewinformationaboutthepreservationandaccessibilityofthesehistoricsitesPacificLegacyoffersanunprecedentedrecordoftherelicsofWorldWarIIthathavesurvivedontheislandsofthePacific:Americanlandingcraftrustingonthereefswheretheywerestoppedbyenemyfire;shell-pockedJapanesefortifications;fallenaircraftovergrownbyjungle;packed-corallandingstripsstillasgoodasnew.Theseevocativecolorimagesarepairedwitharchivalphotographsthatshowthesametropicalbattlegroundsastheyappearedinwartime.ThetextcoverstheentirewarinthePacific,fromtheattackonPearlHarbortoJapan'ssurrenderinTokyoBay.Theprincipalbattlesarerecountedhour-by-hour,drawingheavilyonfirsthandaccounts.ThisvividnarrativehelpsthereadervisualizewhatitwasreallyliketobeatwarinthePacific,doggedlyisland-hoppingtovictory.
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ISBN-13: 9780789213334
ISBN-10: 0789213338
Pagini: 300
Dimensiuni: 264 x 262 x 28 mm
Greutate: 1.7 kg
Ediția:00002
Editura: ACC Art Books

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The classic photo book about the battlegrounds of the Pacific Theater then and now―updated with new information about the preservation and accessibility of these historic sites
 
Pacific Legacy offers an unprecedented record of the relics of World War II that have survived on the islands of the Pacific: American landing craft rusting on the reefs where they were stopped by enemy fire; shell-pocked Japanese fortifications; fallen aircraft overgrown by jungle; packed-coral landing strips still as good as new. These evocative color images are paired with archival photographs that show the same tropical battlegrounds as they appeared in wartime.
 
The text covers the entire war in the Pacific, from the attack on Pearl Harbor to Japan’s surrender in Tokyo Bay. The principal battles are recounted hour-by-hour, drawing heavily on firsthand accounts. This vivid narrative helps the reader visualize what it was really like to be at war in the Pacific, doggedly island-hopping to victory.

Notă biografică

Rex Alan Smith, who served three years in the Army Corps of Engineers in the Pacific, was the author of The Carving of Mount Rushmore (Abbeville) and other works of history.