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The Fleet at Flood Tide

America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945

by James D. Hornfischer
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The extraordinary story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise of the United States as a global superpower

Winner, Commodore John Barry Book Award, Navy League of the United States • Winner, John Lehman Distinguished Naval Historian Award, Naval Order of the United States
With its thunderous assault on the Mariana Islands in June 1944, the United States crossed the threshold of total war. In this tour de force of dramatic storytelling, distilled from extensive research in newly discovered primary sources, James D. Hornfischer brings to life the campaign that was the fulcrum of the drive to compel Tokyo to surrender—and that forever changed the art of modern war.
With a close focus on high commanders, front-line combatants, and ordinary people, American and Japanese alike, Hornfischer tells the story of the climactic end of the Pacific War as has never been done before. Here are the epic seaborne invasions of Saipan, Tinian, and Guam, the stunning aerial battles of the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot, the first large-scale use of Navy underwater demolition teams, the largest banzai attack of the war, and the daring combat operations large and small that made possible the strategic bombing offensive culminating in the atomic strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. From the seas of the Central Pacific to the shores of Japan itself, The Fleet at Flood Tide is a stirring, authoritative, and cinematic portrayal of World War II’s world-changing finale.
Illustrated with original maps and more than 120 dramatic photographs
“Quite simply, popular and scholarly military history at its best.”—Victor Davis Hanson, author of Carnage and Culture
 
“The dean of World War II naval history . . . In his capable hands, the story races along like an intense thriller. . . . Narrative nonfiction at its finest—a book simply not to be missed.”—James M. Scott, Charleston Post and Courier
 
“An impressively lucid account . . . admirable, fascinating.”—The Wall Street Journal
 
“An extraordinary memorial to the courageous—and a cautionary note to a world that remains unstable and turbulent today.”—Admiral James Stavridis, former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO, author of Sea Power
 
“A masterful, fresh account . . . ably expands on the prior offerings of such classic naval historians as Samuel Eliot Morison.”—The Dallas Morning News

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    November 1, 2016

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      • ISBN: 9780345548719

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      June 1, 2016

      Winner of the prestigious Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature, Hornfischer has authored several New York Times best sellers about the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II, including, most recently, Neptune's Inferno. Here he draws on thousands of pages of primary-source research to chronicle the most important campaign in the Pacific War: the U.S. Fifth Fleet's seizure of the Marianas, which opened the gates to the defeat of Japan.

      Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Library Journal

      November 1, 2016

      Hornfischer (Neptune's Inferno) sets out to produce a detailed account of the World War II campaigns in the Mariana Islands, including contributions from naval, marine, aviation, and army forces. Personal tales of individual soldiers and pilots recount exact maneuvers taken and numbers of enemy planes or soldiers fought. While some readers may enjoy these specifics, they become redundant and are unnecessary in a book of this scope. Although mostly U.S.-centric, the story does include some accounts from the perspectives of Japanese soldiers and citizens as well as native inhabitants caught up in the conflict. Effort is made to explain controversy over the decisions to drop atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Events depicted are described in great detail, at times too much so. The overall viewpoint is fairly objective, with the author relating how Japanese military and government officials encouraged civilian mass suicides as well as U.S. Marines not taking Japanese prisoners in certain engagements. VERDICT In spite of its overattention to meticulous information, this lengthy account of important campaigns will appeal to enthusiasts of World War II's Pacific theater. [See Prepub Alert, 5/2/16.]--Matthew Wayman, Pennsylvania State Univ. Lib., Schuylkill Haven

      Copyright 2016 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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