Crisis in the Pacific
Subtitle: the battles for the Philippine Islands by the men who fought them
By: Gerald Astor.
Publisher: Donald I. Fine Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 478
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines; World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines; World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Oral history
Description: In Crisis in the Pacific acclaimed historian Gerald Astor draws on the raw experiences of marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen under fire - from generals and admirals to correspondents, line officers and enlisted men on both sides of the battle lines - to present a view of the critical struggle for the Philippines, the keystone to Japanese domination of the Pacific and to ultimate Allied victory.

These accounts, many published here for the first time, are dramatic and graphic, brutal and awe-inspiring.

Ranging from the diplomatic and nursing corps' experience of the Japanese conquest and occupation of the islands, to the Bataan death march and first-hand accounts of war crimes inflicted by the Japanese on prisoners of war, to the final push for the hills of Mindanao, Crisis in the Pacific is the first complete history, told in the words of the men and women who were there, of one of the most crucial battlegrounds of World War II.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 462-464) and index.