Toll, Ian W.
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
- ISBN 13:
- 9780393868302
- author:
- Toll, Ian W.
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- WW Norton & Co
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 976
- Dimensions:
- 23.4 x 15.5 x 4.3 centimeters (0
- Genre:
- History, Asia, Japan,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 The final volume of Ian W. Toll's magisterial Pacific War Trilogy brings to life the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacific. In June 1944, the United States launched a crushing assault on the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, marking a pivotal moment in the Pacific War. The capture of the Mariana Islands and the accompanying ruin of Japanese carrier airpower sealed the increasingly lopsided balance of power between the two combatants. Toll's narrative spans the final year of the war, from the Honolulu Conference to the devastating atomic blasts on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He reconstructs the battles, grand strategic decisions, and naval logistics that enabled the Allied victory in the Pacific, drawing on a wealth of rich archival sources and new material. This gripping account takes the reader into the halls of power in Washington and Tokyo, where the great questions of strategy and diplomacy were decided.
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