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Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island by Gregory J. W. Urwin (Paperback, 2002)

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1998 General Wallace M. Greene, Jr., Award from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Although the siege of Wake Island was t one of World War II's biggest campaigns, it had a profound psychological effect on the course of that struggle. This was the battle that first raised American spirits in the dark weeks following Pearl Harbor. Based on interviews with over seventy American and Japanese participants, Facing Fearful Odds is military history from the bottom up, an unforgettable reading experience told from the perspective of enlisted men and junior officers who served on the front lines. Gregory J. W. Urwin is a professor of history at Temple University. His many books include Custer Victorious: The Civil War Battles of General George Armstrong Custer, available in a Bison Books edition.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803295626
ISBN-13
9780803295629
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96779539

Product Key Features

Author
Gregory J. w. Urwin
Format
Trade Paperback (US), Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Military History
Type
Textbook

Dimensions

Weight
1021g

Additional Product Features

Place of Publication
Lincoln
Content Note
Illus., Maps
Author Biography
Gregory J. W. Urwin is a professor of history at Temple University. His many books include Custer Victorious: The Civil War Battles of General George Armstrong Custer, available in a Bison Books edition.
Date of Publication
01/06/2002
Genre
Military History
Country of Publication
United States

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