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Bezig met laden... Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacificdoor Eric M. Bergerud
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Very well-written book of the land war in the Pacific using interviews and his own extensive knowledge to cover the brutal island warfare from 1942 until early 1944. Written from the viewpoint of the infantry soldier and in a topical fashion rather than a chronological order--topics such as heat, disease, Leathernecks and GIs, the Aussies, and the medical effort are discussed with skill and in a literate manner. 3501. Touched by Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific, by Eric Bergerud (read Nov 19, 2001) This covers the land war in the South Pacific in 1942 and 1943. There are chapters on the awful environment which Guadacanal and New Guinea furnished for fighters there. There is considerable discussion of weaponry not too interesting to a non-mechanic. There are chapters on morale and the end of the fighting in the South Pacific which are well-done. A book like this again makes one realize anew the awfulness of what so many went thru, and I was glad I read it. Carefully researched, and drawing upon many original interviews, this examination of the American and Australian soldier's experience of the ground war in the South West Pacific during WWII is a deep book and very good. (His other book, "Fire in the Sky," about the air war in the same theater, is also excellent.) I read this at the same time as "Gates of Fire," the fictionalized story of the battle of Thermopylae, and I can't decide which men fought in worse, more inhumane conditions. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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A brilliant history of the land battles in the Pacific theater of World War II, with stirring personal accounts of the horrifying struggle between the Japanese and Allied forces. The horrors of WWII in the South Pacific extended far beyond the detonation of atomic bombs. In this revelatory portrayal of the lives of the regular infantrymen who struggled to contain the Japanese advance, Eric Bergerud has given us a compelling and chilling record of the incredible hardships endured by these soldiers, and the heroic efforts that resulted in the reversal of the course of the war. Bergerud spent hundreds of hours interviewing the last surviving veterans of this remarkable campaign, and he has placed their personal experiences at the center of his analysis of military strategy. "Aspires to do for the ground war in the South Pacific what Keegan achieved in Six Armies in Normandy."--Los Angeles Times Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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