The Greatest War - Volume I From Pearl Harbor to the Kasserine Pass

by Astor, Gerald

• ISBN13: 9780446610469
• ISBN10: 0446610461
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

One of the nation's most acclaimed military historians presents an authoritative and dramatic three-volume oral history of World War II. This volume includes gripping accounts from American sailors, soldiers, airmen, and marines who share their experiences from the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the fall of Bataan, up through the earliest battles on European soil.

Author Biography

World War II veteran Gerald Astor drew upon his combat experiences to author more than a dozen war books. He received his B.A. from Princeton University before working as the picture editor at Sports Illustrated during its early years and as an editor at Sport magazine, Look, The Saturday Evening Post, and Time. He died in 2008 at eighty-one.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
``This Is Not a Drill!''	1	(27)
Preattack Maneuvers	28	(15)
The Philippine Defenses	43	(28)
Still Asleep	71	(31)
Early Engagements	102	(23)
Retreat	125	(31)
The East Indies	156	(33)
The Fall of Bataan	189	(38)
The Death March and Morale Missions	227	(35)
Final Defeat in the Philippines	262	(20)
At Sea and in the Air	282	(37)
American Airpower Concepts	319	(18)
Opening Offensives	337	(32)
Paratroopers, Raiders, Rangers, Marauders, Alamo Scouts	369	(21)
Torch	390	(32)
Grim Glimmers	422	(28)
Defeat	450	(37)
Tunisia	487	(22)
Roll Call	509	(25)
Bibliography	534	(11)
Index	545