| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
DS 686.4 A47 |
| Status |
Item withdrawn |
| Barcode |
14222 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9718521100 (softbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - DS 686.4 A47
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Aluit, Alfonso Jesus,
- Dates associated with a name - 1930-
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| Title Statement |
- Title - By sword and fire :
- Remainder of title - the destruction of Manila in World War II, 3 February-3 March 1945 /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Alfonso J. Aluit
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Manila :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - National Commission for Culture and the Arts,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1994.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - viii, 468 p., [24] p. of plates :
- Other physical details - ill. ;
- Dimensions - 23 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - This is the first serious full-length book to be written about the Battle of Manila since the 1940s. Written by a Filipino free-lance historian, it draws much of its information from the proceedings and exhibits of the trial of Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, together with an array of published and unpublished materials. A long introduction (about a third of the book) narrates Manila's long history, from the coming of Legazpi until the outbreak of war in 1941. The remaining two-thirds of the book detail the battle itself, day by day. Aluit criticizes not only the Japanese, in particular Adm. Iwabuchi, but also MacArthur, for the destruction of Manila. He tries to analyze both Japanese and American actions and finds both at fault. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Destruction and pillage
- Geographic subdivision - Manila.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Philippines
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
- Geographic name - Manila (Philippines)
- General subdivision - History.
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