Facing Fearful Odds The Siege of Wake Island with 3 Gregory Urwin Signed Letters

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ISBN
9780803245556
Book Title
Facing Fearful Odds : the Siege of Wake Island
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Item Length
9.8 in
Publication Year
1997
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Gregory J. W. Urwin
Genre
History
Topic
General
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Width
5.9 in
Number of Pages
754 Pages
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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803245556
ISBN-13
9780803245556
eBay Product ID (ePID)
538410

Product Key Features

Book Title
Facing Fearful Odds : the Siege of Wake Island
Number of Pages
754 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
1997
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
Gregory J. W. Urwin
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
5.9 in

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LCCN
96-054887
Reviews
"The gallant stand by a beleaguered group of Americans on Wake Island in the central Pacific during the opening salvos of the Pacific War remains an enduring epic. . . . The author has succeeded superbly in bringing the myriad of facets together while never losing his focus on the human drama."- The Journal of Military History, "Gregory Urwin reports this story with impressive technical thoroughness, placing it in the framework of the Pacific War''s early months. . . .Facing Fearful Oddsis a well-organized and extremely well-written piece of history."Sea History, "The gallant stand by a beleaguered group of Americans on Wake Island in the central Pacific during the opening salvos of the Pacific War remains an enduring epic. . . . The author has succeeded superbly in bringing the myriad of facets together while never losing his focus on the human drama."The Journal of Military History, "Gregory Urwin reports this story with impressive technical thoroughness, placing it in the framework of the Pacific War''s early months. . . . Facing Fearful Odds is a well-organized and extremely well-written piece of history."- Sea History, "An excellent work of military history, Urwin's book should be the last word on the subject for quite a while."- Choice, "An excellent work of military history, Urwin''s book should be the last word on the subject for quite a while."Choice, "Gregory Urwin reports this story with impressive technical thoroughness, placing it in the framework of the Pacific War's early months. . . . Facing Fearful Odds is a well-organized and extremely well-written piece of history."- Sea History, "An excellent work of military history, Urwin''s book should be the last word on the subject for quite a while."- Choice
Synopsis
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.
LC Classification Number
D767.99.W3U78 1997

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