{"product_id":"tidal-wave-thomas-mckelvey-cleaver-9781472825490","title":"Tidal Wave: From Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow publishing in paperback, this is vivid narrative history of the final stages of the Pacific War, as the US Navy began to slowly approach the Japanese Home Islands against fearsome opposition from new and terrifying sources, notably the suicidal Japanese airmen: the \u003ci\u003ekamikaze\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe United States Navy won such overwhelming victories in 1944 that, had the navy faced a different enemy, the war would have been over at the conclusion of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e However, in the moment of victory on October 25, 1944, the US Navy found itself confronting a frightening enemy that had been unimaginable until it appeared. The \u003ci\u003ekamikaze\u003c\/i\u003e, \"divine wind\" in Japanese, was something Americans were totally unprepared for--a shocking violation of every belief held in the West. The attacks were terrifying. Regardless of the damage inflicted on an attacking airplane, there was no certainty of safety aboard the ship until that airplane was completely destroyed, as the crew of the USS \u003ci\u003eSt. Lo \u003c\/i\u003etragically learned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From best-selling author Thomas McKelvey Cleaver, \u003ci\u003eTidal Wave\u003c\/i\u003e combines expert research and first-person accounts to tell the story of the naval campaigns in the Pacific from the victory at Leyte Gulf to the end of the war--a period in which the US Navy would fight harder for survival than ever before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas McKelvey Cleaver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472825497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472825490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Thomas McKelvey Cleaver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935483461887,"sku":"9781472825490","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2c8c3cc6-1bb7-4088-a6c0-12ff91269c74.jpg?v=1681420068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tidal-wave-thomas-mckelvey-cleaver-9781472825490","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}