![]() ![]() The first, “Fire and Fortitude,” tells the story of the war through 1943, and “Island Infernos” details the Army’s Pacific odyssey in 1944. The volume completes the historian’s trilogy about the Pacific theater. Army in the Pacific War, 1941 - 1943, New York: Dutton Caliber (2019) ISBN 978-0451475046 Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944. McManus’ newest book, “To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945,” paints compelling portraits of military leaders from both sides of the war and the people who fought them. The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day : The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, New York: NAL Caliber (2014) ISBN 0451415299 OCLC 861208244 Fire and Fortitude: The U.S. “MacArthur is then going to lead this kind of mass army to come back and fight this major liberation campaign.” “I think it's important to understand that the people of the Philippines are going to take a major role in liberating themselves alongside the Americans,” McManus said. ![]() MacArthur and the soldiers under his command had also been famously defeated in the Philippines in 1942. His child had been born there,” explained McManus, the Curators’ Distinguished Professor of U.S. He'd served there for many years on and off throughout his career. “He loved the Philippines and its people. ![]() It was no small task, and the number of troops serving throughout the Pacific and Asia conveyed that: nearly 1.4 million. MacArthur was on his way to liberate the Philippines from Japanese control - a quest that was deeply personal to the general. ![]() Douglas MacArthur aboard the USS Boise plunging through the deep blue waters of the South China Sea in January 1945. ![]()
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