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Pacific Legacy: Image and Memory from World War II in the Pacific

Door Gerald A. Meehl

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#329549-AD19
Titel	Pacific Legacy: Image and Memory from World War II in the Pacific
Auteur	Meehl, Gerald A.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York : Abbeville Press
Jaar van uitgave	2002
ISBN10	0789207613
ISBN13	9780789207616
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, dust jacket, squzre, circa 26x26cm, illustrations in colour and b/w.
Samenvatting	This fascinating, richly illustrated survey of all aspects of the Pacific war, from Pearl Harbor to Japan's surrender in Tokyo Bay, offers something unique among World War II histories: an extensive color portfolio of dramatic wartime relics that have survived decades on most of the Pacific island battlefields. Rusting American landing craft and tanks still can be found on the treacherous reefs and beaches where they were tragically stopped by enemy fire so long ago; aircraft of both sides lie hidden in the jungles where they crashed; battle-scarred Japanese pillboxes and artillery emplacements still stand sentinel; and packed-coral landing strips remain as good as new. Such evocative memento mori have been beautifully captured on film by Jerry Meehl, probably the only photographer to hav... (Lees verder)e sought out these far-flung battle sites, many of them still dangerous underfoot and now off-limits to travelers. The authors also searched official archives for pictures that show the real terrors of combat and often found images displaying the very tanks and amtracs now decomposing on distant invasion beaches. They also found captured prewar photos of newly built Japanese pillboxes and gun emplacements, which they contrast with images of their current war-torn condition. But Pacific Legacy is far from just a "then" and "now" picture book. Each of the more than twenty photo essays of particular battles features a lively narrative that relies heavily on the firsthand accounts of men who were there, archival pictures shot during the actual fighting, and color photographs of the remaining Japanese bunkers and gun emplacements, all of which help the reader visualize what hand-to-hand combat in the Pacific war must have been like.
Pagina's	316
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 15,00

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