{"product_id":"utmost-savagery-col-joseph-h-alexander-usmc-ret-9781591140030","title":"Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa","description":"Marine combat veteran and award-winning military historian Joseph Alexander takes a fresh look at one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War. His gripping narrative, first published in 1995, has won him many prizes, with critics lauding his use of Japanese documents and his interpretation of the significance of what happened. The first trial by fire of America's fledgling amphibious assault doctrine, the violent three-day attack on Tarawa, a seemingly invincible Japanese island fortress of barely three hundred acres, left six thousand men dead. This book offers an authoritative account of the tactics, innovations, leadership, and weapons employed by both antagonists. Alexander convincingly argues that without the vital lessons of Tarawa the larger amphibious victories to come at Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa might not have been possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Estate Of Joseph H. Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 159114003X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781591140030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e US Naval Institute Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 30","brand":"Estate Of Joseph H. Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995778646271,"sku":"9781591140030","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e453734-713b-4d26-b9e3-35c281ad23b2.jpg?v=1683337798","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/utmost-savagery-col-joseph-h-alexander-usmc-ret-9781591140030","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}