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Record Nr.

UNINA9911035079403321

Autore

Gordon John <1956->

Titolo

Fighting for MacArthur : the Navy and Marine Corps' desperate defense of the Philippines / / John Gordon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Annapolis, Md., : Naval Institute Press, 2011

ISBN

1-281-60774-6

9786613788450

1-61251-062-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (529 p.)

Classificazione

8

Disciplina

940.54/2599

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Philippines

World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations, American

World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Area

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

Title Page; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 - The Navy and Marine Corps in the Philippines; CHAPTER 2 - The Final Days of Peace; CHAPTER 3 - War Begins; CHAPTER 4 - The Bombing of the Cavite Navy Yard; CHAPTER 5 - Waiting for the Main Attack; CHAPTER 6 - The Retreat to Bataan and Corregidor; CHAPTER 7 - Settling in for the Siege; CHAPTER 8 - Longoskawayan Point; CHAPTER 9 - Defeating the First Japanese Offensive; CHAPTER 10 - The Lull; CHAPTER 11 - The Fall of Bataan; CHAPTER 12 - State of the Beach Defenses; CHAPTER 13 - The Artillery Duel; CHAPTER 14 - The Final Bombardment

CHAPTER 15 - The Battle for CorregidorCHAPTER 16 - Surrender; CHAPTER 17 - Reflections; APPENDIX A - Asiatic Fleet, 7 December 1941; APPENDIX B - U.S. Navy Personnel, 1 December 1941; APPENDIX C - Japanese Artillery Units Available for Bombardment of Corregidor; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author; Copyright Page

Sommario/riassunto

As the only single-volume work to offer a full account of Navy and Marine Corps actions in the Philippines during World War II, this book provides a unique source of information on the early part of the war. Based on a rich collection of American and newly discovered Japanese sources, it is filled with never-before-published details about the



fighting, including a revealing discussion of the buildup of tensions between Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the Navy that continued for the remainder of the war.Gordon describes in considerable detail the unusual missions of the Navy and Marine