Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island

Lincoln And London: University of Nebraska Press, 2002. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine Soft Cover. 727 Pages Including Notes, Appendices And Index. B/W Vintage Portraits. Maps Of The Islands Marking Landings And Enemy Gun Posts. Gift Inscription Oh Front Free End Paper. Although The Siege Of Wake Island Was Not One Of World War Ii's Biggest Campaigns, It Had A Profound Psychological Effect On The Course Of The Nation's Struggle. This Was The Battle That First Raised American Spirits In The Dark Weeks Following Pearl Harbor. For Sixteen Suspenseful Days, 449 U.S. Marines, Assisted By A Handful Of Sailors And Soldiers And A Few Hundred Civilian Construction Workers, Withstood Repeated Attacks By Numerically Superior Japanese Forces. Although Wake Finally Fell On 23 December 1941, Its Garrison Made The Japanese Pay An Embarrassingly High Price For A Tiny Coral Outpost. Based On Interviews With Over Seventy American And Japanese Participants, The Riveting, You-Are-There Narrative Pulsates With The Crack Of Rifles, The Stutter Of Machine Guns, The Roar Of Cannon, And The Concussion Of Bombs. This Is A Military History From The Bottom Up, An Unforgettable Reading Experience Told From The Perspective Of Enlisted Men And Junior Officers Who Served On The Front Lines..