| Location |
MEMORARE |
| Item Call Number |
D 767.4 M89 1989 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
12475 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (hardbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Morton, Louis
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The fall of the Philippines /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Louis Morton
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Washington, D.C. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Center of Military History, United States Army,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 2004.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xvii, 626 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.maps (some folded),
- Dimensions - 26 x 18 cm.
- Accompanying material - + application/pdf (.pdf) 38 MB
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| Series Statement/title |
- Title - United States Army in World War II. War in the Pacific.
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| General Note |
- General note - "First printed 1953"--t.p. verso. This work covers one of the initial campaigns of the war of the Pacific (8 December 1941 through 6 May 1942), that ended with the Japanese conquest of the Philippine Islands.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - This is the official US Army history, originally published in 1953, detailing the campaign to defend the Philippines in 1941-1942. Published just over a decade after the defeat took place, and when many key officers were still alive, this work sought to answer the question of why the Americans lost. Written by a professional historian, the book provides a careful and balanced narration of the military campaign, from the highest decision-making levels to conditions at the front line. Dr. Morton utilized sources from both US and Japanese sides to present an objective history. Since most of the papers had been destroyed by war (deliberately or otherwise), the author had to resort to a variety of other sources to try to make the picture as complete as possible - diaries, interviews and correspondence. Unfortunately, the book is weak on the Philippine side of the story - the Filipino soldiers or officers are only briefly mentioned, and not all in a very positive light. Morton includes sections on planning in Washington DC, the attempt to bring supplies in by submarine and other means, and also the Visayas and Mindanao fronts. The volume ends with the formal surrender of the USAFFE forces and does not deal with the Prisoner of War experience and the Death March, since these were not military operations. (In the "US Army in World War II" series, there is no volume on operations in the Philippines between the fall of Corregidor and MacArthur's return to Leyte). As an official history, the research, writing and publication were all paid for by the US; a board of editors (including generals) went over the drafts before final publication. Although published over fifty years ago, Morton's book is still the best work to consult regarding the Philippine defense campaign in 1941-1942; it is a very important, classic work which has not been superseded. Understandably, there is little on the naval and air side of the campaign. - 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 - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Corregidor
- Uncontrolled term - defense of the Visayas and Mindanao
- Uncontrolled term - Japanese invasion and conquest
- Uncontrolled term - military history
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - US Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE)
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| Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History. United States Army in World War II.
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| Series Uniform Title |
- Uniform title - United States Army in World War II : The war in the Pacific
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