The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944

by Ian W. Toll

Book Overview

This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War--the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944--when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a "conquering tide," concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas. It was the largest, bloodiest, most costly, most technically innovative and logistically complicated amphibious war in history, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393080641
• ISBN13: 9780393080643
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Excellent 2nd volume on the war in the Pacific.

My only beef is that the author covers material that was presented in ‘Pacific Crucible’ but the book is still every bit as entertaining as the first volume.