| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 767.4 .P73 2016 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17808 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9780451473615 (hardbound)
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| Authentication Code |
- Authentication code - pcc
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 767.4
- Item number - .P73 2016
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
- Classification number - 940.54/25995
- Edition number - 23
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Prados, John,
- Relator term - author.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Storm over Leyte :
- Remainder of title - the Philippine invasion and the destruction of the Japanese Navy /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - John Prados.
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| Varying Form Of Title |
- Title proper/short title - Philippine invasion and the destruction of the Japanese Navy
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York, New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - NAL Caliber,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2016
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
- Other physical details - illustrations, maps ;
- Dimensions - 24 cm
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
- Media type term - unmediated
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| Carrier Type |
- Carrier type term - volume
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| General Note |
- General note - "Includes maps and photos"
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-376) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - All in -- The lowdown -- Breakthrough and exploitation -- Best-laid plans -- Destroy the invading enemy -- MacArthur returns, Sho unleashed -- "With confidence in heavenly guidance, the entire force will attack!" -- The first team versus the rising sun -- Tallyho... carriers! -- "Close and attack enemy carriers!" -- Sea fights and shipwrecks
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "By October 1944, the U.S. Navy had driven the devastated Japanese fleet across the far Pacific. But with each defeat, Japanese commanders became even more determined to destroy the Americans in a final decisive battle....
As Allied ships prepared for the invasion of the Philippine island of Leyte, every available warship, submarine, and airplane was placed on alert while Japanese admiral Kurita Takeo stalked Admiral William F. Halsey's unwitting American armada. It was the beginning of the epic Battle of Leyte Gulf--the greatest naval battle in history.
In Storm over Leyte, acclaimed historian John Prados gives readers an unprecedented look at both sides of this titanic naval clash, demonstrating that, despite the American's overwhelming superiority in firepower and supplies, the Japanese achieved their goal, inflicting grave damage on U.S. forces. And for the first time, readers will have access to the naval intelligence reports that influenced key strategic decisions on both sides.
Drawing upon a wealth of untapped sources--U.S. and Japanese military records, diaries, declassified intelligence reports, and postwar interrogation transcripts--Prados offers up a masterful narrative of naval conflict on an epic scale."
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Leyte Island.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Leyte Island (Philippines)
- General subdivision - History, Military.
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| Additional Physical Form Entry |
- Relationship information - Online version:
- Main entry heading - Prados, John, author.
- Title - Storm over Leyte
- Place, publisher, and date of publication - New York, New York : New American Library, [2016]
- International Standard Book Number - 9780698185760
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