Japan's Battle of Okinawa, April-June 1945

by Thomas M. Huber, U.S. Department of the Army, U.S. Army Combat Studies Institute

In modern military literature, there is no more pernicious theme than that the day of the infantryman has passed us by, overwhelmed by increasingly lethal technology. Japan's Battle of Okinawa takes us into the world of the modern infantryman and illustrates in vivid detail Clausewitz' dictum that combat is to war as cash payment is to commerce. Dr. Thomas M. Huber's work is unique: for the first time in English, the Battle of Okinawa is analyzed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1410222705
• ISBN13: 9781410222701
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"