The Conquering Tide
War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
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Narrateur(s):
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P. J. Ochlan
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Auteur(s):
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Ian W. Toll
À propos de cet audio
The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire island by island.
This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War - the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944 - when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a "conquering tide", concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas. It was the largest, bloodiest, most costly, most technically innovative and logistically complicated amphibious war in history, and it fostered bitter interservice rivalries, leaving wounds that even victory could not heal.
Often overlooked, these are the years and fights that decided the Pacific War. Ian W. Toll's battle scenes - in the air, at sea, and in the jungles - are simply riveting. He also takes the listener into the wartime councils in Washington and Tokyo, where politics and strategy often collided, and into the struggle to mobilize wartime production, which was the secret of Allied victory. Brilliantly researched, the narrative is propelled and colored by firsthand accounts - letters, diaries, debriefings, and memoirs - that are the raw material of the telling details, shrewd judgment, and penetrating insight of this magisterial history.
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Au global5 out of 5 stars
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- Dylan McFadyen
- 2024-07-10
Another home run from Ian Toll
This whole trilogy is one of the best works of narrative history of recent times in my opinion, blending the classic, nearly forgotten style of historian-writers like Garret Mattingly with the best, latest research. A must for anyone interested in this war.
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- Karl
- 2021-01-12
The best and most detailed timeline
Probably the most detailed account of the pacific there will ever be. It is just packed with facts and personal accounts from a broad range of members of all ranks from both sides.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-10-14
Good book, brutal narration
Narrator sounds like a robot voice. Totally lifeless and very disappointing considering how good the narrator for the first book was.
Avoid unless you need a sleep aid.
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