Fighting for MacArthur : the Navy and Marine Corps' Desperate Defense of the Phillipines

Resource Information

The work Fighting for MacArthur : the Navy and Marine Corps' Desperate Defense of the Phillipines represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Fighting for MacArthur : the Navy and Marine Corps' Desperate Defense of the Phillipines

Title remainder

the Navy and Marine Corps' Desperate Defense of the Phillipines

Creator

• Gordon, John

Subject

• MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
• MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
• Pacific Area
• United States, Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
• United States, Navy
• World War (1939-1945)
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
• History
• United States, Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines
• Electronic books
• 1939-1945
• United States, Marine Corps
• Military operations, Naval -- American
• Philippines
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area
• Military campaigns

Genre

• History
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

As the only single-volume work to offer a full account of Navy and Marine Corps actions in the Philippines during World War II, this book provides a unique source of information on the early part of the war. Based on a rich collection of American and newly discovered Japanese sources, it is filled with never-before-published details about the fighting, including a revealing discussion of the buildup of tensions between Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the Navy that continued for the remainder of the war. Gordon describes in considerable detail the unusual missions of the Navy and Marine Corps in the

Member of

• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Cataloging source

EBLCP

Dewey number

940.542599

Index

no index present

LC call number

D767.4

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries