To the End of the Earth by John C Mcmanus

To the End of the Earth by John C Mcmanus

Winner of the Army Historical Foundation Award for Excellence in U.S. Army Writing

From the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McManus's trilogy on the US Army in the Pacific War

"Brilliant [and] riveting... a truly great book."--Gen. David Petraeus * "Triumphant [and] compelling."--Richard Frank * "McManus is one of the best--if not the best--World War II historians working today."--World War II magazine

The dawn of 1945 finds a US Army at its peak in the Pacific. Allied victory over Japan is all but assured. The only question is how many more months--or years--of fight does the enemy have left. John C. McManus, winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History, concludes his magisterial series, described by the Wall Street Journal as being "as vast and splendid as Rick Atkinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Liberation Trilogy," with this brilliant final volume.

On the island of Luzon, a months-long stand-off between US and Japanese troops finally breaks open, as American soldiers push into Manila, while paratroopers and amphibious invaders capture nearby Corregidor. The Philippines are soon liberated, and Allied strategists turn their eyes to China, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Japanese home islands themselves. Readers will walk in the boots of American soldiers and officers, braving intense heat, rampant disease, and a by-now suicidal enemy, determined to kill as many opponents as possible before defeat, and they will encounter Japanese soldiers faced with the terrible choice between capitulation or doom. At the same time, this outstanding narrative lays bare the titanic ego and ambition of the Pacific War's most prominent general, Douglas MacArthur, and the complex challenges he faced in Japan's unconditional surrender and America's lengthy occupation.

John C.McManus is an award-winning academic, author, and military historian who is regarded as a prominent authority on the history of American battle. He is a Curators' Distinguished Professor of United States History. He teaches military history at Missouri University of Science and Technology and is currently a resident at the United States Army War College. As the Leo A. Naval Academy, The Shifrin Chair of Naval and Military History is named after the Shifrin family.

Grunts, September Hope, and The Dead and Those About to Die are among his critically regarded World War Two works. Dutton Caliber will publish his next book, Fire and Fortitude: The American Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943, in July 2019.

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ISBN 13	9780593186886
ISBN 10	0593186885
Title	To the End of the Earth
Author	John C Mcmanus
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2023-05-02
Number of pages	448
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