Penguin delivers you to the front lines of The Pacific Theater with the real-life stories behind the HBO miniseries.Former Marine and Pacific War veteran Robert Leckie tells the story of the invasion of Okinawa, the closing battle of World War II. Leckie is a skilled military historian, mixing battle strategy and analysis with portraits of the men who fought on both sides to give the reader a complete account of the invasion. Lasting 83 days and surpassing D-Day in both troops and material used, the Battle of Okinawa was a decisive victory for the Allies, and a huge blow to Japan. In this stirring and readable account, Leckie provides a complete picture of the battle and its context in the larger war.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 02/01/2010
ISBN: 9780140173895
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 7.72h x 5.02w x 0.60d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/03/1996