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Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tatawa

Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tatawa

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Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tatawa

by COL Joseph Alexander

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  • Hardcover
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ISBN 10
1557500312
ISBN 13
9781557500311
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Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995 Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 1995. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head, tail, and front upper tip. No DJ. Black paper over boards with back overlay on the spine with black lettering in a gilt shadowbox on the spine. 304 pp 8vo. This book describes the first trial by fire of America's fledgling amphibious assault doctrine, the violent three-day attack on Tarawa, a seemingly invincible Japanese island fortress of barely three hundred acres, left six thousand men dead. This book offers an authoritative account of the tactics, innovations, leadership, and weapons employed by both antagonists. Alexander convincingly argues that without the vital lessons of Tarawa the larger amphibious victories to come at Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa might not have been possible. A clean very presentable copy.

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Bookseller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
016535
Title
Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tatawa
Author
COL Joseph Alexander
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Quantity Available
1
ISBN 10
1557500312
ISBN 13
9781557500311
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Place of Publication
Annapolis, MD
Date Published
1995
Size
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords
World War II, South Pacific, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, Island Hopping, Amphibious Landings, Tarawa Island, Betio Island, amphibious assault, Tarawa Atoll, 2nd Marine Division, Gilbert Islands,

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