Twilight of the gods : war in the western Pacific, 1944-1945 /

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 U.S. Navy won the largest naval...

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Main Author: Toll, Ian W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
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