Fighting for MacArthur: The Navy and Marine Corps' Desperate Defense of the Philippines

by John Gordon and John Gordon

Book Overview

"Fighting for MacArthur is a welcome addition to the scholarship on the Pacific War. Gordon makes extensive use of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps archives and interviews with veterans of the Philippine campaign. This is a well-written, engaging treatment of the steadily deteriorating position of the defenders in the Philippines."--Michigan War Studies Review. For the first time the story of the Navy and Marine Corps in the 1941--42...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612510574
• ISBN13: 9781612510576
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"