Bloody Pacific: American Soldiers at War with Japan

by Peter Schrijvers

Book Overview

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 Based on years of research and using countless unpublished diaries and letters, Schrijvers sweeps across the battlefields, from the desperate stand at Guadalcanal to the tragic sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and from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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230274366
• ISBN13: 9780230274365
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"