Título: One Damned Island After Another
Autor: CLIVE. WHITLEY HOWARD (JOE.), Joe Whitley
Sinopse: This is the official history of the Seventh Air Force. It is not a "brass hat" story; it is told from the point of view of the men themselves, often in their own words, with realistic vigor and with the lively sense of humor that made it possible to achieve victory in the Pacific. On 19th October 1940, the Hawaiian Air Force, later known as the Seventh Air Force, was established to provide air defense of the Hawaiian Island and to engage with threats in the Pacific. Just over a year later the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor devastated this force. Out of a total of 231 aircraft of the Hawaiian Air Force, 64 were destroyed and not more than 79 were left usable. Out of the inferno emerged the newly reformed Seventh Air Force. It faced, in the central Pacific, the largest water theater in the world -- sixteen million square miles, five times the size of the United States. The Americans patched up their planes as best they could and began to fly the "Atoll Circuit," the low-lying, white sand atolls and the first stepping stones on the long road to Tokyo. In this huge area and against a fearsome opponent, the men of the Seventh were forced to fly the longest missions in any theater of war, entirely over water and, at first, without fighter escort. They fought at Midway, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Truk, Saipan, Palau, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and finally Tokyo. Clive Howard and Joe Whitley's history of this remarkable air force covers from the events at Pearl Harbor through to V-J Day, covering every single island that the force landed on in between. They listened to demand of Corporal Earl Nelson's article "Heroes Don't Win Wars," that criticised the press and radio that only recorded the fantastic achievements of men who wore medals; "Why don't they talk about the guy who is just a soldier?" So with humor and insight Howard and Whitley and provided us with a history of the Seventh Air Force that doesn't focus on only the glorious achievements of some men, nor does it simply record the accounts of the "brass hats," but instead gets to the heart of what the men of this extraordinary force did and thought. Clive Howard and Joe Whitley were both sergeants and served as correspondents for the Seventh Air Force. They were there; they saw it happen.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “One Damned Island After Another”, de CLIVE. WHITLEY HOWARD (JOE.), Joe Whitley, publicado pela editora WWW.Snowballpublishing.com, em 2019 e com 488 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: WWW.Snowballpublishing.com
Páginas: 488
Ano: 2019
Edição:
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 168411697X
ISBN13: 9781684116973
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Os livros da editora WWW.Snowballpublishing.com oferecem uma experiência de leitura que mescla conteúdos didáticos e históricos com narrativas densas e reflexivas. O catálogo revela um interesse por temas que vão desde a matemática poética e enigmas lógicos até relatos históricos que exploram realidades sociais complexas, como a segregação racial nos Estados Unidos do século XX. Há também espaço para obras que discutem práticas culturais, tradições antigas e até dietas de limpeza, indicando uma diversidade que transita entre o informativo e o narrativo. O tom costuma ser sério e contemplativo, com algumas obras apresentando uma linguagem acessível e outras mais densas, voltadas para leitores que buscam aprofundamento.
