1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787923603321

Autore

Bartsch William H. <1933->

Titolo

Victory fever on Guadalcanal : Japan's first land defeat of World War II / / William H. Bartsch ; foreword by Richard B. Frank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station : , : Texas A&M University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-62349-220-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Collana

Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; ; number 147

Disciplina

940.54/265933

Soggetti

Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"You shitheads are here to learn to fight!" -- "Vandegrift, I have some very disconcerting news" -- "I'm beginning to doubt whether there's a Jap on the whole damned island" -- "May I retake Tulagi too?" -- "The bastards are in the trees!" -- "Was this going to be the real test?" -- "F--k Babe Ruth!" -- "Crying, praying, and cursing all at the same time" -- "Goddamn, they got me in the eyes!" -- "We aren't going to let those people lay up there all day" -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Officers, 1st Marine Regiment, Combat Group B (Reinforced), Tenaru River Subsector -- Appendix B. Officers, 1st Marine Regiment, Combat Group B (Reinforced), South Subsector -- Appendix C. US Marine casualties, Battle of the Tenaru, August 21, 1942 -- Appendix D. Officers and staff, First Echelon, Ichiki Detachment.

Sommario/riassunto

<DIV>Following their rampage through Southeast Asia and the Pacific in the five months after Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces moved into the Solomon Islands and began building the Guadalcanal airfield. In July 1942, Americans captured the almost completed airfield for their own strategic use.<BR />The Japanese Army countered by sending to Guadalcanal a reinforced battalion under the command of Col. Kiyonao Ichiki.  Marines wiped out Ichiki's men, who-imbued with "victory fever"-had expected a quick and easy victory.</DIV>



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910132134503321

Autore

Pires Alvaro P.

Titolo

La doctrine de la sévérité maximale au siècle des lumières / / Alvaro P. Pires

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicoutimi : , : J.-M. Tremblay, , 2006

ISBN

1-4123-5228-2

Descrizione fisica

i online resource

Collana

Classiques des sciences sociales

Disciplina

364.60973

Soggetti

Prison sentences

Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction  -- James Robertson : « Les méthodes douces sont inefficaces »  -- George Ollyffe (1731) : « Il doit y avoir une méthode à prendre, susceptible [ ... ] de plier une telle race "ingouvernée" »  -- Révérend Martin Madan (1785) : « Vigilance, fidélité et activité »  -- Révérend William Paley : « L'incertitude de la peine doit être compensée par la sévérité  -- Remarques finales.