BOOKS
Return to the Philippines

Publisher: Time-Life Books,


Title Details
  • Return to the Philippines
Publishers
  • [New Jersey] : Time-Life Books,1979.
Descriptions
  • 208 p. :ill., maps ;29 x 24 cm.
Isbn
    809425165 (hardbound)
Language
    English
Subjects
  • MacArthur, Douglas, -- 1880-1964.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines.
  • Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Online Sources
Place
  • Philippines
Location REF
Item Call Number D 743 W67 1979 vol. 15
Status Available
Barcode 12428
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 809425165 (hardbound)
Language Code
  • Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - D 743 W67 1979 v.15
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Steinberg, Rafael,
  • Dates associated with a name - 1927-
Title Statement
  • Title - Return to the Philippines
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Rafael Steinberg and the Editors of Time-Life Books
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [New Jersey] :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Time-Life Books,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1979.
Physical Description
  • Extent - 208 p. :
  • Other physical details - ill., maps ;
  • Dimensions - 29 x 24 cm.
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - A volume in the Time-Life series on World War II, this contains a concise account of the Liberation of the Philippines, including the anti-Japanese resistance movement, the naval Battle of Leyte Gulf, the land battles on Leyte, Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao, and the final battles in Northern Luzon. Eight picture essays provide dramatic photographic coverage of occupied Manila, MacArthur, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Kamikaze, liberation of Santo Tomas, Battle of Manila, the invasion of Borneo and the guerrillas. Many of these photographs were taken by Life photographers, among them the renowned Carl Mydans. (Another volume in the series, "The Rising Sun" by Arthur Zich, covers the invasion of the Philippines, Bataan and the Death March) - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
Language Note
  • Language note - English
Subject Personal Name
  • Personal name - MacArthur, Douglas,
  • Dates associated with a name - 1880-1964.
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • General subdivision - Campaigns
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
Subject Geographic Name
  • Geographic name - Philippines
  • General subdivision - History
  • Chronological subdivision - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.