Bloody Pacific
American Soldiers at War with Japan
(Sprache: Englisch)
Based on countless diaries and letters, Schrijvers recounts American GIs' experiences in Asia and the Pacific. From the daunting spaces of the China-India theatre to the fortress islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, he brings to life their struggle with...
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Based on countless diaries and letters, Schrijvers recounts American GIs' experiences in Asia and the Pacific. From the daunting spaces of the China-India theatre to the fortress islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, he brings to life their struggle with suffocating wilderness, devastating diseases, and Japanese soldiers who preferred death over life.
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Bloody Pacific tells the real story of the attitudes and behaviour of American fighting men in the war against Japan, revealing much about the nature of this terrifying conflict that has until now remained unknown. Based on years of research and using countless unpublished diaries and letters, Schrijvers sweeps across the battlefields, from the desperate stand at Guadalcanal to the tragic sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and from the daunting spaces of the China-Burma-India theatre to the fortress islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. In a manner that is often unsettling, Bloody Pacific brings to life the GIs' epic struggle with suffocating wilderness, debilitating diseases, and Japanese soldiers choosing death over life. Amid the frustration and despair of this war, American soldiers abandoned themselves to an escalating rage against nature and man and prayed for the bombs that would wipe away Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The real story behind the experiences of American soldiers in the Pacific during World War II, brought to life using countless unpublished letters and diaries.
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List of Plates Foreword Acknowledgements PART I: THE ELUSIVE FRONTIER Land of Myths World of Dreams Gospel of Civilization Visions of Empire PART II: A HIDDEN FORCE The Green Hell Yellow Peril Curse of the Spirits Jungle Fever PART III: HOSTILE TO OUR BLOOD Mad Dogs A Fist of Steel A Sea of Fire Bibliography Index
Autoren-Porträt von Peter Schrijvers
PETER SCHRIJVERS teaches American and International History at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. He is the author of The Crash of Ruin: American Combat Soldiers in Europe during World War II, The Unknown Dead: Civilians in the Battle of the Bulge and Liberators: The Allies and Belgian Society, 1944-1945. His work on World War II has received international acclaim and been made a selection of the History Book Club in the US.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Peter Schrijvers
- 2010, 2. Aufl., 278 Seiten, 16 Abbildungen, Maße: 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN-10: 0230274366
- ISBN-13: 9780230274365
Sprache:
Englisch
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