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'Of all the books about the ground war in the Pacific, (With the Old Breed) is the closest to a masterpiece.'- The New York Review of Books'One of the most arresting documents in …
The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their time In 1941, the …
In a work of extraordinary narrative power, filled with brilliant personalities and vivid scenes of dramatic action, Robert K. Massie, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter …
On April 23, 1943, the seventy-man crew of the USS Grenadier scrambled to save themselves and their submarine after a Japanese aerial torpedo sent it crashing to the ocean floor. …
The story of Tang and her gallant crew ranks with the most amazing of naval history. Whether rescuing Navy fliers off Truk or stalking enemy convoys off Japan, Tang carried the war …
Offers a look at the culmination of basic combat training in the Marine Corps, the fifty-four grueling hours that make up the Crucible Event, during which the recruits learn the …
The career of the USS Wahoo in sinking Japanese ships in the farthest reaches of the Empire is legendary in submarine circles. Christened three months after Pearl Harbor, Wahoo was …
Allen and Battling Buzzards*First-hand reports of air strikes and dogfights over the PacificFrom critically acclaimed military historian Gerald Astor comes Wings of Gold, the first …
Written with the storytelling drive that made Jim Hornfischer's first two books award winners and word-of-mouth favourites, here is an indispensable work of narrative history by …
Timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, an unprecedented account of the monumental Pacific War campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of …