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The Pacific War: 1941-1945 by John Edmond Costello is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Pacific War: 1941-1945 about?
"John Costello's The Pacific War is regarded as a classic. ... Unearths new and fascinating material." The Times (London) The definitive one-volume account of World War II in the Pacific theaterthe first book to weave together the separate stories of the fighting in China, Malaya, Burma, the East Indies, the Philippines, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Aleutians. The Pacific War provides a brilliantly clear account of one of the most massive movements of men and arms in historyand meticulously analyzes the complex social, political, and economic causes that underlay the war, enabling the reader to better understand the conflict as the inevitable result of a series of historical events. Captured in breathtaking detail are the bloody battlesMidway, Guadalcanal, Okinawa, Iwo Jimathat ultimately shaped the modern world. These fiery clashes of great navies and armies still resonate loudly to this day. The Pacific War is the complete story of possibly the most cataclysmic chapter in the annals of human conflictfrom its explosive opening salvo at Pearl Harbor to its ominous conclusion in the mushroom clouds of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Who reads The Pacific War: 1941-1945?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John Edmond Costello
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Published
- 1982
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780688016203
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.99 / 5 (219 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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