Pacific Fury: How Australia and Her Allies Defeated the Japanese Tapa blanda - 2009

Sydney: William Heinemann. 2009. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 548 pages. . Reprint. Trade Paperback.

Penguin Random House Australia. Near Fine. 2010. Paperback. 1741667143 . 152.4 X 40.64 X 241.3 millimeters; 548 pages .

Random House, 2008. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine. AUSTRALIAN MILITARY First Edition Hardcover. Peter Thompson presents, for the first time, an account of the conflict that places Australian voices and action at the heart of the struggle. Based on exclusive interviews with eyewitnesses and written with all the pace and verve you would expect of a master storyteller, Pacific Fury brings the people and the battles of the Second World War to life in a sensational history not to be bettered in a generation. After a conflict that took an unimaginable number of lives and ended with the unleashing of the most powerful weapon the world had ever seen, the Allies emerged victorious. Australia, however, was criticised by Churchill and his generals for showing cowardice in the face of the enemy and for not caring about the fate of other nations. The endorsement of these claims by several military historians today shows that the smear has not gone away. Until now. #291222R/270324xxviii, 548 p., [32] p.… Leer más

William Heinemann, 2009. New book, 548 pages, slight rubbing wear to cover. Written by master storyteller, Pacific Fury vivdly portrays the parbarity, the sacrifice and the bravery of the Pacific War, from Pearl Harbor to Kokoda to Hiroshima. Peter Thompson presents, for the first time, an account of the conflict that places Australian voices and action at the heart of the struggle and recreates the battles of land, sea and air in a single volume like never before. Wiping away the smears of General MacArthur, who said Australian diggers had no fighting spirit, and Winston Churchull, who said they came from 'bad stock', Pacific Fury brings this epic conflict to life in a sensational history not to be bettered in a generation.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.