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Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians (Classic Reprint Series)

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The Thousand-Mile War, a powerful story of the battles of america and Japan on the bitter rim of the North Pacific, has been acclaimed as one of the vital great accounts of World War II. Brian Garfield, a novelist and screenwriter whose works have sold some 20 million copies, was in search of a new subject when he came upon the story of this “forgotten war” in Alaska. He found the history of the brave men who had served in the Aleutians so compelling and so little known that he wrote the first full-length history of the Aleutian campaign, and the book remains a favorite among Alaskans.
The war in the Aleutians was fought in one of the most worst climatic conditions on the earth for men, ships, and airplanes. The sea was rough, the islands craggy and unwelcoming, and enemy number one was at all times the weather–the savage wind, fog, and rain of the Aleutian chain. The fog perceived to reach even into the minds of the military commanders on both sides, as they directed men into situations that so regularly had tragic results. Frustrating, befuddling, and still the subject of debate, the Aleutian campaign then again marked the most important turn of the war in favor of america.
Now, half a century after the war ended, more of the fog has been lifted. In the updated University of Alaska Press edition, Garfield supplements his original account, which was drawn from statistics, personal interviews, letters, and diaries, with more recently declassified photographs and many more illustrations.

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