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Even in the midst of World War II, Americans could not help
thinking of the lands across the Pacific as a continuation of the
American Western frontier. But this perception only heightened
American soldiers' frustration as the hostile region ferociously
resisted their attempts at control.
The GI War Against Japan recounts the harrowing experiences of
American soldiers in Asia and the Pacific. Based on countless
diaries and letters, it sweeps across the battlefields, from the
early desperate stand at Guadalcanal to the tragic sinking of the
U.S.S. Indianapolis at war's very end. From the daunting spaces of
the China-India theater to the fortress islands of Iwo Jima and
Okinawa, Schrijvers brings to life the GIs' struggle with
suffocating wilderness, devastating diseases, and Japanese soldiers
who preferred death over life. Amidst the frustration and despair
of this war, American soldiers abandoned themselves to an
escalating rage that presaged Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The GI's story is, first and foremost, the story of America's
resounding victory over Japan. At the same time, however, the
reader will recognize in the extraordinarily high price paid for
this victory chilling forebodings of the West's ultimate defeat in
Asia'and America's in Vietnam.
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