Pacific Crucible

War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

Ian W. Toll

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English

WW Norton & Co
14 November 2011

History; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War

Series: The Pacific War Trilogy

On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss. Pacific Crucible tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history and seized the strategic initiative. Ian W. Toll's dramatic narrative encompasses both the high command and the sailor's-eye view from the lower deck. Relying predominantly on eyewitness accounts and primary sources, Pacific Crucible also spotlights recent scholarship that has revised our understanding of the conflict, including the Japanese decision to provoke a war that few in the country's highest circles thought they could win. The result is a page-turning history that does justice to the breadth and depth of a tremendous subject.

By: Ian W. Toll
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 46mm
Weight: 1.036kg
ISBN: 9780393068139
ISBN 10: 0393068137
Series: The Pacific War Trilogy
Pages: 640
Publication Date: 14 November 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

Well documented albeit from previously published materials and well written. Experienced World War II history buffs may bypass if they feel no need to read another retelling of this phase of the Pacific War, but nonspecialists and general readers will want to consider it.