عنوان

Pacific skies :

شابک

1423732065

شابک

1604730544

شابک

9781423732068

شابک

9781604730548

شابک اشتباه

1282485156

شابک اشتباه

1578066522

شابک اشتباه

9781282485150

شابک اشتباه

9781578066520

شماره

b788526

عنوان اصلي

Pacific skies :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

American flyers in World War II /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Jerome Klinkowitz.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Jackson :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University Press of Mississippi,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2004.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

1 online resource (xxii, 285 pages)

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-276) and index.

متن يادداشت

Introduction: a world away from war -- Going to war in peacetime -- An air war at sea and on land -- Tales of the South Pacific -- Endgame: kamikazes and the bombing of Japan -- Conclusion: dimensions moral and more.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

From 1941 to 1945 the skies over the Pacific Ocean afforded the broadest arena for battle and the fiercest action of air combat during World War II. It was in the air above the Pacific that America's involvement in the war began. It was in these skies that air power launched from carriers became a new form of engagement and where the war ultimately ended with kamikaze attacks and with atomic bombs dropped over Japan. Throughout the conflict American flyers felt a compelling call to supplement the official news and military reports. In vivid accounts written soon after combat and in reflective memoirs recorded in the years after peace came, both pilots and crew members detailed their stories of the action that occurred in the embattled skies. Their first-person testimonies describe a style of warfare invented at the moment of need and at a time when the outcome was anything but certain. Gathering more than a hundred personal narratives from Americans and from Japanese, Pacific Skies recounts a history of air combat in the Pacific theater. Included are the words of such famous aces and bomber pilots as Joe Foss, Pappy Boyington, Dick Bong, and Curtis Lemay, as well as the words of many rank-and-file airmen. Together their stories express fierce individualism and resourcefulness and convey the vast panorama of war that included the skies over Pearl Harbor, Wake, and Guadalcanal and missions from Saipan and Tinian. As Pacific Skies recounts the perilous lives of pilots in their own words, Jerome Klinkowitz weaves the individual stories into a gripping historical narrative that exposes the shades of truth and fiction that can become blurred over time. A book about experiencing and remembering, Pacific Skies also is a story of unique perspectives on the war. Jerome Klinkowitz, a professor of English at the University of Northern Iowa, is the author of forty books, including such World War II titles as Their Finest Hours, Yanks over Europe, and With Tigers over China.

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

JSTOR

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

OverDrive, Inc.

شماره انبار

22573/ctt2kj35f

شماره انبار

46CCFCA2-C6EA-4B11-986A-B291E91978B0

عنوان

Pacific skies.

شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي

1578066522

موضوع مستند نشده

World War, 1939-1945-- Aerial operations, American.

موضوع مستند نشده

World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns-- Pacific Area.

موضوع مستند نشده

World War, 1939-1945, Personal narratives, American.

موضوع مستند نشده

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.

موضوع مستند نشده

History - General.

موضوع مستند نشده

History & Archaeology.

موضوع مستند نشده

HISTORY-- Military-- World War II.

موضوع مستند نشده

Military campaigns.

موضوع مستند نشده

Military operations, Aerial-- American.

موضوع مستند نشده

Pacific Area.

بدون عنوان

7

موضوع مستند نشده

BIO-- 006000

موضوع مستند نشده

GRB

موضوع مستند نشده

HIS-- 027100

موضوع مستند نشده

HIS027100

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Klinkowitz, Jerome

تاريخ عمليات

20201207020430.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

pn

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y