![]() ![]() Brilliantly researched and written, Island Infernos moves seamlessly from the highest generals to the lowest foot Soldiers and in between, capturing the true essence of this horrible conflict. ![]() Now, leaders and Soldiers had to prove they could win a war. The challenges ahead were enormous - supplying a vast number of troops over thousands of miles of ocean surviving in jungles ripe with dysentery, malaria, and other tropical diseases fighting an enemy prone to ever-more desperate and dangerous assaults. After some two years at war, the Army in the Pacific held ground across nearly a third of the globe, from Alaska’s Aleutians to Burma and New Guinea. In Island Infernos, McManus explores the Army’s dogged pursuit of Japanese forces, island by island, throughout 1944: a year that would bring America ever closer to victory or defeat. 17 at 6 p.m., as part of Barr Memorial Library’s Virtual Authors at Your Library series. ![]() McManus will discuss his latest book, Island Infernos, Nov. Award-winning author and historian John C. (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Barr Memorial Library) VIEW ORIGINALįORT KNOX, Ky. 17, 2021, at 6 p.m., as part of Barr Memorial Library’s Virtual Authors at Your Library series. ![]() Award-winning author and historian John C. ![]()
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