
Twilight of the Gods
War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
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P.J. Ochlan
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Ian Toll
The final volume of the magisterial Pacific War Trilogy from acclaimed historian Ian W. Toll, "one of the great storytellers of war" (Evan Thomas).
Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacific, when the US Navy won the largest naval battle in history; Douglas MacArthur made good his pledge to return to the Philippines; waves of kamikazes attacked the Allied fleets; the Japanese fought to the last man on one island after another; B-29 bombers burned down Japanese cities; and Hiroshima and Nagasaki were vaporized in atomic blasts.
Ian W. Toll's narratives of combat in the air, at sea, and on the beaches are as gripping as ever, but he also takes the listener into the halls of power in Washington and Tokyo, where the great questions of strategy and diplomacy were decided. Lionel Barber of the Financial Times chose the second volume of the series (The Conquering Tide) as the preemiment book of 2016, calling it military history at its best. Listeners who have been waiting for the conclusion of Toll's masterpiece will be thrilled by this final volume.
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I’m one of those wwii avid reader types and was worried about reading long chapters on battles I was pretty familiar with . Toll brings new perspectives and details about the Pacific War. From the bloated flies of Saipan infesting an admirals dinner offshore to an in depth look at Japanese social psychology for waging war this book brought to light the war in the Pacific . I also appreciate Toll’s research on the logistics involved in the Pacific Theatre.
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Great book
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End of the pacific war historical trilogy
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Sunday Sunday Sunday!
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Exhaustive History of the US Pacific Campaign
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simply awesome.
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What Dad did in the war
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Great read.
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This is a thorough accounting and is probably not for the casual reader/ listener. But he captures so many fascinating details that it does not bog down. The research is simply amazing and it has given me a much greater appreciation for the incredible challenges these men faced.
Incredibly thorough historical accounting
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Exceptional! Magnificent conclusion to the trilogy
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