Military History Book Discussion
Nov 14, 2024
7:30 AM
Prestonwood Country Club, 15909 Preston Road, Dallas.
Please arrive by 7:30 am to order from the menu.Breakfast $15.
Discussion starts at 7:30 and ends at 9:00
The discussion will be guided by Robert Epstein - Texas Guard- Military Police Brigade; Civil Air Patrol University Instructor.
The Pacific Crucible – War at Sea in the Pacific 1941 – 1942
By Ian Toll
On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss. Pacific Crucible tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history and seized the strategic initiative.
Ian W. Toll's dramatic narrative encompasses both the high command and the "sailor's-eye" view from the lower deck. Relying predominantly on eyewitness accounts and primary sources, Pacific Crucible also spotlights recent scholarship that has revised our understanding of the conflict, including the Japanese decision to provoke a war that few in the country's highest circles thought they could win. The result is a page-turning history that does justice to the breadth and depth of a tremendous subject.
Ian Toll is one of the top Naval Historians of the 21st Century. This is book one in Ian Toll’s trilogy of the war in the Pacific. Book two is titled the Conquering Ti de and the third is Twilight of the Gods. All were New York Times best sellers.
We need RSVPs by November 12, 2024, to Robert Epstein at Macabee1948@gmail.com
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