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Author:

Hornfischer, James D., author.

Title:

The fleet at flood tide : America at total war in the Pacific, 1944-1945 / James D. Hornfischer.

Publisher:

Bantam Books,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxvii, 602 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, charts ; 25 cm

Subject:

Spruance, Raymond Ames,--1886-1969.
Turner, Richmond Kelly,--1885-1961.
Tibbets, Paul W.--(Paul Warfield),--1915-2007.
United States.--Fleet, 5th--Fleet, 5th--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part One: Sea -- Engine of Siege -- On the Western Warpath -- In Turner's Train -- A Charge for Ozawa -- The Outer Colony -- a Rumor of Fleets -- OBB and UDT -- Heavy Weather -- Part Two: Land -- Heavier, Higher, Faster -- d Day -- Trail, Attack, Report -- Tank Attack -- The View From the Mountain -- First Contact -- War of the Wind Machines -- Fast Carriers Down -- To Build a Better Airfield -- Beyond Darkness -- Smith versus Smith -- Satan's Breath -- The Dying Game -- Sniper Ship on a Cave Shoot -- Beyond all Boundaries -- Atop Suicide Cliffs -- Regime Change -- Steel Like Snowflakes -- The Will to Lose Hard -- Part Three: Air -- Secrets of New Mexico -- Going Critical -- Everybody's Business -- Divine Woods -- Methods of Death on the Wing -- Opportunity and Madness -- Prompt and Utter Destruction -- Clear-cut Results -- Part Four: Earth -- Eight Bells for an Empire -- The War Wearies.

ISBN:

0345548701
9780345548702

LCCN:

2016027323

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