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Loading... Racing the Sunrise: The Reinforcement of America's Pacific Outposts, 1941-1942by Glen M. Williford
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. What one has here is a case of truth in advertising, as both the title and subtitle of this book accurately describe the contents. Starting with an interest in the last American attempt to reinforce the garrison in the Philippines before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the author eventually spreads a wider net in terms of covering all the efforts to generate a build-up in the Philippines to hopefully discourage a Japanese attack, to the desperate effort staunch the Japanese offensive of 1941-42 and how the emergency efforts eventually became the foundations of the logistical apparatus for the counter-offensive of 1942; readable, detailed and highly recommended. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Glen Williford lends new insight to the reasons for America's relatively quick comeback from the attack on Pearl Harbor. For the first time, he tells the complete story of American efforts to build and reinforce its Pacific garrisons in the Philippines and Hawaii during the six months prior to the war and to supply Bataan and Corregidor in early 1942. One effort involved a carefully organized convoy and air ferry routes that were reaching their heights in December 1941. The author fully describes the reinforcement efforts in the context of both the existing military strategies and the realities and physical limits of America's defense capabilities at the time. It concludes with an examination of the transition from the desperate defensive efforts to protect lines of communication to Australia and build a major base there to using these assets to resume the offensive. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.5426History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War II Campaigns and battles by theatre PacificLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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