Strong men armed : the United States Marines against Japan

著者

• Leckie, Robert

書誌事項

Strong men armed : the United States Marines against Japan

Robert Leckie

Da Capo Press, 1997

タイトル別名

Strong men armed : the United States Marines vs. Japan

注記

Originally published: New York : Random House, 1962

Includes bibliographical references (p. 531-536) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Strong Men Armed relates the U. S. Marines' unprecedented, relentless drive across the Pacific during World War II, from Guadalcanal to Okinawa, detailing their struggle to dislodge from heavily fortified islands an entrenched enemy who had vowed to fight to extinctionand did. (All but three of the Marines' victories required the complete annihilation of the Japanese defending force. ) As scout and machine-gunner for the First Marine Division, the author fought in all its engagements till his wounding at Peleliu. Here he uses firsthand experience and impeccable research to re-create the nightmarish battles. The result is both an exciting chronicle and a moving tribute to the thousands of men who died in reeking jungles and on palm-studded beaches, thousands of miles from home and fifty years before their time, of whom Admiral Chester W. Nimitz once said, "Uncommon valor was a common virtue. "Strong Men Armed includes over a dozen maps, a chronology of the war in the Pacific, the Marine Medal of Honor Winners in World War II, and Marine Corps aces in World War II.

目次

* Days of Wrath * All Their Blood * Brisk and Bold * And No More

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA63417633
• ISBN:
  • 0306807858
• LCCN: 97011830
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: 561 p., [28] p. of plates
• 大きさ: 22 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : D767
  • DC21 : 940.54/26
• 件名:
  • LCSH : World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
  • LCSH : United States. Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945