A New York Times Bestseller "A beautiful blend of history and prose and proves again Mr. Toll’s mastery of the naval-war narrative." —Wall Street Journal Th

Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction "Both a serious work of history…and a marvelously readable dramatic narrative." —San Francisco C

Presents an account of the Allied effort to reclaim thousands of Japanese-occupied islands, detailing the campaign's technical innovations, logistic complicatio

Covering all Pacific islands involved in World War II military operations, this book is a detailed, single source of information on virtually every geo-military

John Costello's The Pacific War has now established itself as the standard one-volume account of World War II in the Pacific. Never before have the separate sto