Drawing on hundreds of previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, this sweeping narrative history covers the entire war and includes new material on the fighting in the Pacific, the dropping of the atomic bomb, and the contributions of African Americans and other minorities.
Drawing on hundreds of previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, this sweeping narrative history covers the entire war and includes new material on the fighting in the Pacific, the dropping of the atomic bomb, and the contributions of African Americans and other minorities.
Donald L. Miller is the John Henry MacCracken Professor of History Emeritus at Lafayette College and author of ten books, including Vicksburg, and Masters of the Air, currently being made into a television series by Tom Hanks. He has hosted, coproduced, or served as historical consultant for more than thirty television documentaries and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications.
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Contents PREFACE 1. The Nazi Juggernaut 2. Britain Stands Alone 3. From the Vistula to the Volga 4. The Rising Sun 5. The Hard Way Back 6. The Dead of Tarawa 7. Up the Bloody Boot 8. The Air War 9. The Great Invasion 10. From Normandy to Germany 11. The Battle of the Bulge 12. The Marianas 13. A Marine at Peleliu 14. The Return 15. The B-29s 16. Make Them Remember 17. From the Volga to the Oder 18. Across the Rhine 19. Iwo Jima 20. Okinawa 21. The Setting Sun 22. Victory NOTES INDEX
Contents PREFACE 1. The Nazi Juggernaut 2. Britain Stands Alone 3. From the Vistula to the Volga 4. The Rising Sun 5. The Hard Way Back 6. The Dead of Tarawa 7. Up the Bloody Boot 8. The Air War 9. The Great Invasion 10. From Normandy to Germany 11. The Battle of the Bulge 12. The Marianas 13. A Marine at Peleliu 14. The Return 15. The B-29s 16. Make Them Remember 17. From the Volga to the Oder 18. Across the Rhine 19. Iwo Jima 20. Okinawa 21. The Setting Sun 22. Victory NOTES INDEX
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