To the Far Side of Hell: The Battle for Peleliu, 1944 - Hardcover

Wright, Derrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1861265441 ISBN 13: 9781861265449

Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd, 2002

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Unusual book

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Review:

A concise narrative overview of the American conquest of the island of Peleliu during World War II in an easy to read, appealing format. The maps and photographs are generally excellent, and the illustrations by Tom Lea are superb. --Lance Janda, author of "Stronger than Custom: West Point and the Admission of Women""

"A concise narrative overview of the American conquest of the island of Peleliu during World War II in an easy to read, appealing format. The maps and photographs are generally excellent, and the illustrations by Tom Lea are superb."--Lance Janda, author of Stronger than Custom: West Point and the Admission of Women

From the Back Cover:

"A concise narrative overview of the American conquest of the island of Peleliu during World War II in an easy to read, appealing format. The maps and photographs are generally excellent, and the illustrations by Tom Lea are superb."--Lance Janda, author of "Stronger than Custom: West Point and the Admission of Women
"In searing heat and exposed to the dug-in Japanese guns amidst the ridges and gulches of a labyrinth of concrete-hard coral, the men of the 1st Marine Division, weary from earlier campaigns, found that the predicted short conflict would turn inot a protracted, bloody 71-day battle. Although this battle is far less well known--even amoung the U.S. Marine Corps veterens--than Tarawa, Iwo Jima, or Okinawa, the savagery of the fighting, the courage and determination displayed, and the proportional casualty rates suffered by the units of the 1st Marine Division can claim equal significance.
Derrick Wright is an independent scholar and author of "Tarawa--A Hell of a Way to Die" and "Iwo Jima 1945: The Marines Raise the Flag on Mount Suribachi".""

About this edition

• Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1861265441
• ISBN 13: 9781861265449
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176