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The Pacific War: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima Paperback – 26 Nov. 2001

by Andrew Wiest (Author)
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The Pacific War is a military history of this sweeping conflict, from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 to the dropping of the ato mic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945.
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  1. Print length
    256 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Spellmount
  4. Publication date
    26 Nov. 2001
  5. Dimensions
    24 x 2 x 31 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1862271372
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1862271371
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About the Author

Andrew Wiest (Location: Mississippi) is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern Mississippi. Gregory Louis Mattson (Minnesota) is currently a freelance writer.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Spellmount (26 Nov. 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1862271372
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1862271371
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 24 x 2 x 31 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

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Andrew A. Wiest

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Dr. Andrew Wiest was born in Chicago, but raised in Hattiesburg. After attending the University of Southern Mississippi for his undergraduate and masters degrees, Dr. Wiest went on to receive his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Chicago. Specializing in the study of World War I and Vietnam, Dr. Wiest has served as a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in the United Kingdom and as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Warfighting Strategy at the United States Air Force Air War College. Dr. Wiest is the Founding Director of the Dale Center for the Study of War and Society at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Dr. Wiest has published widely and presented his research at conferences and at invited talks both nationally and internationally. Dr. Wiest has published more than 20 books, including The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam and Vietnam’s Forgotten Army (which won the Society for Military History’s Distinguished Book Award). He has also been nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on National Geographic Channel’s documentary Brothers in War, which was based on his book The Boys of ’67, and won a New York Festivals Gold Medal for his work on the History Channel documentary Vietnam in HD. He has also written for the BBC, the New York Times, CNN, and serves on the Department of the Army’s Historical Advisory Committee.

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David Rowland
5.0 out of 5 stars Pacific War: From Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima 1941-45
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 August 2014
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This outstanding book is a fascinating overview of the Pacific war from the Japanese attack on the US fleet at Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941 to the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945. It covers the war in 10 chapters: the approach to war, day of infamy, Japanese juggernaut, the turning point, the allies strick back, Japan on the defensive, twilight of the rising sun, the long road back, bloody conquests and reaping the whirlwind.

It is lavishly illustrated by over 200 magnificent photographs and helpful maps and is a superb introduction to a war that covered a huge areas of the globe from the frontiers of India to the the Hawaiian islands. It is one of the the best book I have read on the Pacific war as a whole and I unreservedly recommend it to anyone with an interest in the military history of the second world war.
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Thomas S. Dinan
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on 25 November 2014
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Thomas T.
3.0 out of 5 stars Good as an overview.
Reviewed in the United States on 13 September 2013
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This is a good pictorial work, but with many familiar pictures, and, a necessarily limited text. Still, it is a valuable overview of the Pacific campaigns.
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