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Author:   Donald J. Young
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780786441808

ISBN 10:   0786441801
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   18 May 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface      Military Organizations and Designations      Introduction      1. The Battle Is Joined      2. Counterattack and Withdrawal      3. Invasion from the Sea      4. The Battle for the Points Continues      5. The Battle of the Pockets      6. “We Spit on Our Hands and Waited”      7. Beginning of the End      8. No Gleam of Victory      9. Bataan’s Last Hours      10. “Bataan Has Fallen”      Appendix A 192nd and 194th Tank Battalions      Bataan Artillery and Antiaircraft      Bataan Engineers and Quartermaster      The Bataan Hospitals and the Medical Situations      Communications      Appendix B Refugees      Troop Morale      The Weather and Its Effect      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

Reviews

“a good account...extensive personal testimony...dramatic narrative”—Global War Studies; “brings together all facets of the story.... Recommended”—Library Journal; “an interesting synthesis of the ground-level combat...indispensable”—Choice; “a good account of the battle, with excellent maps and some rarely-seen photographs, its primary contribution is the inclusion of extensive personal testimony from memoirs, and interviews. These individual accounts lend color and immediacy to an already dramatic narrative—Stanley L. Falk, Philippine war historian.

Brings together all facets of the story.... Recommended -- Library Journal Library Journal An interesting synthesis of the ground-level combat...in -- Choice. Choice. a good account...extensive personal testimony...dramatic narrative --Global War Studies; brings together all facets of the story.... Recommended --Library Journal; an interesting synthesis of the ground-level combat...indispensable --Choice; a good account of the battle, with excellent maps and some rarely-seen photographs, its primary contribution is the inclusion of extensive personal testimony from memoirs, and interviews. These individual accounts lend color and immediacy to an already dramatic narrative--Stanley L. Falk, Philippine war historian.

a good account...extensive personal testimony...dramatic narrative --Global War Studies; brings together all facets of the story.... Recommended --Library Journal; an interesting synthesis of the ground-level combat...indispensable --Choice; a good account of the battle, with excellent maps and some rarely-seen photographs, its primary contribution is the inclusion of extensive personal testimony from memoirs, and interviews. These individual accounts lend color and immediacy to an already dramatic narrative--Stanley L. Falk, Philippine war historian.

An interesting synthesis of the ground-level combat...in -- Choice. Choice.

Author Information

Donald J. Young is a military historian, author and lecturer on the pre–Midway period of World War II in the Pacific. He is a retired educator living in Hermosa Beach, California.

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