The fleet at flood tide : America at total war in the Pacific, 1944-1945
2016, First Edition. New York : Bantam Books. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #480112
Physical description; xxvii, 602 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-568) and index. Contents; Part One: Sea. Engine of siege ; On the western warpath ; In Turner's train ; A charge for Ozawa ; The outer colony ; A rumor of fleets ; OBB and UDT ; Heavy weather – Part Two: Land. Heavier, higher, faster ; D Day ; Trail, attack, report ; Tank attack ; The view from the mountain ; First contact ; War of the wind machines ; Fast carriers down ; To build a better airfield ; Beyond darkness ; Smith versus Smith ; Satan's breath ; The dying game ; Sniper ship on a cave shoot ; Beyond all boundaries ; Atop suicide cliffs ; Regime change ; Steel like snowflakes ; The will to lose hard – Part Three: Air. Secrets of New Mexico ; Going critical ; Everybody's business ; Divine winds ; Methods of death on the wing ; Opportunity and madness ; Prompt and utter destruction ; Clear-cut results – Part Four: Earth. Eight bells for an empire ; The war wearies. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945. Campaigns. Pacific Area. Naval operations, American. Aerial operations, American.
Price: €18.95