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looking forward to cracking this one tonight. Not sure if Ian Toll is planning on finishing his trilogy, but this one (by Hornfischer) will serve that purpose until he does. A little bit of overlap will be the Marianas Campaign, covered in this book as well as Toll's previous book "Conquering Tide" Sycamore Winner, 2017 Commodore John Barry Book Award, Navy League of the United States, New York Council * From the historian who has been acclaimed as "doing for the Navy what popular historian Stephen Ambrose did for the Army," here is an unprecedented account of the extraordinary World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise of the United States as a global superpower.
"Hornfischer is the dean of World War II naval history.... In his capable hands, the story races along like an intense thriller.... Narrative nonfiction at its finest--a book simply not to be missed." --James M. Scott, Charleston Post and Courier
With its thunderous assault on the Mariana Islands in June 1944, the United States crossed the threshold of total war. In this tour de force of dramatic storytelling, distilled from extensive research in new primary sources, James D. Hornfischer brings to life the campaign that was the fulcrum of the drive to compel Tokyo to surrender--and forever changed the art of modern war. With a close focus on high commanders, front-line combatants, and ordinary people, American and Japanese alike, Hornfischer tells the story of the climactic end stage of the Pacific War as has never been done before. Here are the epic seaborne invasions of Saipan, Tinian and Guam; the stunning aerial battles of the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot; the first large-scale use of Navy underwater demolition teams; the largest banzai attack of the war; and daring combat operations large and small that made possible the strategic bombing offensive culminating in the atomic strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
From the seas of the Central Pacific to the shores of Japan itself, The Fleet at Flood Tide is a stirring, authoritative, and cinematic portrayal of World War II's world-changing finale.
"An impressively lucid account . . . admirable, fascinating." --The Wall Street Journal
"An extraordinary memorial to the courageous--and a cautionary note to a world that remains unstable and turbulent today." --Admiral James Stavridis, former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO, author of Sea Power
"A masterful, fresh account of the latter days of the war in the Pacific that ably expands on the prior offerings of such classic naval historians as Samuel Eliot Morison." --The Dallas Morning News
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Tell us a war story, to sucker us into thinking you give a [bleep] about America, then vote for a commie dimocrap, right?
Such an original MOA, then biotch about Trump trying to control DACA and biotch about Arpio trying to control the border.
GFY and biotch about MAGA, in a lowlife, sneaky, underhanded sort of corksucking two-faced way, of course.
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The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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two questions, really:
1. Can you read?
2. Do you read?
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You do have a hard time understanding don't you..........Crack it upside your defective head.
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Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
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Yes, I often have a hard time understanding the jaguartx. I take a lot of pride in that.
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Thanks for that review. I grabbed this with a few others a couple of weeks ago then forgot about it, but it's on the reading list now.
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Great book, moves fast. I learned a lot about Spruance, never knew much about him, just heard "Spruance-Class destroyers". He comes off very well in this book.
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I read it this summer. Great book. It has lots of detail but never looses the sweep of action or the importance of the main characters and their decisions, good and bad. A very sold history book. Hornfischer is a master.
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Another one to add to the list, thanks for the write up.
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Just read the two Ian Toll books referenced. Guess this one is next.
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looking forward to cracking this one tonight. Not sure if Ian Toll is planning on finishing his trilogy, but this one (by Hornfischer) will serve that purpose until he does. A little bit of overlap will be the Marianas Campaign, covered in this book as well as Toll's previous book "Conquering Tide" Sycamore Winner, 2017 Commodore John Barry Book Award, Navy League of the United States, New York Council * From the historian who has been acclaimed as "doing for the Navy what popular historian Stephen Ambrose did for the Army," here is an unprecedented account of the extraordinary World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise of the United States as a global superpower.
"Hornfischer is the dean of World War II naval history.... In his capable hands, the story races along like an intense thriller.... Narrative nonfiction at its finest--a book simply not to be missed." --James M. Scott, Charleston Post and Courier
With its thunderous assault on the Mariana Islands in June 1944, the United States crossed the threshold of total war. In this tour de force of dramatic storytelling, distilled from extensive research in new primary sources, James D. Hornfischer brings to life the campaign that was the fulcrum of the drive to compel Tokyo to surrender--and forever changed the art of modern war. With a close focus on high commanders, front-line combatants, and ordinary people, American and Japanese alike, Hornfischer tells the story of the climactic end stage of the Pacific War as has never been done before. Here are the epic seaborne invasions of Saipan, Tinian and Guam; the stunning aerial battles of the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot; the first large-scale use of Navy underwater demolition teams; the largest banzai attack of the war; and daring combat operations large and small that made possible the strategic bombing offensive culminating in the atomic strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
From the seas of the Central Pacific to the shores of Japan itself, The Fleet at Flood Tide is a stirring, authoritative, and cinematic portrayal of World War II's world-changing finale.
"An impressively lucid account . . . admirable, fascinating." --The Wall Street Journal
"An extraordinary memorial to the courageous--and a cautionary note to a world that remains unstable and turbulent today." --Admiral James Stavridis, former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO, author of Sea Power
"A masterful, fresh account of the latter days of the war in the Pacific that ably expands on the prior offerings of such classic naval historians as Samuel Eliot Morison." --The Dallas Morning News Thanks for the tip, would you say it matters not which order you listen to his writing, or would it be important to listen by release dates?
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it would have been better to read them in order for me, but I admit I read them in the order they were available from the library.
the more you know about WWII naval history, the easier to read out of order. I didn't know much.
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