Book
Victory in the Pacific
- Published
- 1983
- Genre
- History
- Publisher
- Beautiful Feet Books
- Pages
- 212
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2301834.Victory_in_the_Pacific?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_22
In an easily accessible style, Marrin relates not only the important details of these conquests but also explains the military strategies of both the Allied forces and the Japanese. Readers get an overarching view of the war that helps to bring understanding especially as American forces drew increasingly closer to Japan and the Japanese grew ever more determined to fight to the bitter end. Marrin helps readers to understand the Japanese mindset that made surrender impossible and ultimately led to the decision to drop the atomic bomb in the interests of saving millions of lives. For the young adult reader, or even an adult unfamiliar with this period of WWII history, this book provides a sobering but inspiring look and the men and women , the nations and ideologies, that battled over half a century ago in the Pacific theater. Illustrated with diagrams, maps and photographs.
Collections
Beautiful Feet · MUSW912 — Modern American and World History
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781893103153
- ISBN-10
- 1893103153
Tags
Beautiful FeetBoatsPacificPearl HarborWarWWII