Advertisement
| the conquering tide: The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 (Vol. 2) (The Pacific War Trilogy) Ian W. Toll, 2015-09-21 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 This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War—the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944—when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a conquering tide, concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas. It was the largest, bloodiest, most costly, most technically innovative and logistically complicated amphibious war in history, and it fostered bitter interservice rivalries, leaving wounds that even victory could not heal. Often overlooked, these are the years and fights that decided the Pacific War. Ian W. Toll's battle scenes—in the air, at sea, and in the jungles—are simply riveting. He also takes the reader into the wartime councils in Washington and Tokyo where politics and strategy often collided, and into the struggle to mobilize wartime production, which was the secret of Allied victory. Brilliantly researched, the narrative is propelled and colored by firsthand accounts—letters, diaries, debriefings, and memoirs—that are the raw material of the telling details, shrewd judgment, and penetrating insight of this magisterial history. This volume—continuing the marvelously readable dramatic narrative (San Francisco Chronicle) of Pacific Crucible—marks the second installment of the Pacific War Trilogy, which will stand as the first history of the entire Pacific War to be published in at least twenty-five years. |
| the conquering tide: Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Vol. 1) (The Pacific War Trilogy) Ian W. Toll, 2011-11-14 Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction Both a serious work of history…and a marvelously readable dramatic narrative. —San Francisco Chronicle On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss, a blow that destroyed the offensive power of their fleet. Pacific Crucible—through a dramatic narrative relying predominantly on primary sources and eyewitness accounts of heroism and sacrifice from both navies—tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history to seize the strategic initiative. |
| the conquering tide: Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy Ian W. Toll, 2008-02-26 From the decision to build six heavy frigates through the cliffhanger campaign against Tripoli to the war that shook the world in 1812, Toll tells the grand tale of the founding of the U.S. Navy. |
| the conquering tide: Pacific Dream John Illig, 2005-03 A PACIFIC CREST TRAIL THROUGH HIKE THIS VIVID ACCOUNT OF A MAN AND HIS WIFE HIKING FROM MEXICO TO CANADA AT ONE GO IS AMAZING. Unflinchingly honest, vividly told, funny, true, fascinating, exciting - Pacific Dream is all these things. It's the best book I've read this year and I'll never forget it. John writes with a candor that's shockingly fresh and real. His prose is clear as the water in one of the rushing streams he fords. It's as if I walked the trail with him, and I loved every step- - and this, coming from a non-hiker, is high praise. D.W.St.John, Author/Editor |
| the conquering tide: The Pacific War John Costello, 1982-12-01 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 stories of fighting in China, Malaya, Burma, the East Indies, the Phillipines, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Aleutians been so brilliantly woven together to provide a clear account of one of the most massive movements of men and arms in history. The complex social, political, and economic causes that underlay the war are here carefully analyzed, impelling the reader to see it as the inevitable conclusion to a series of historical events. And the bloody fighting that indelibly recorded names like Midway and Iwo Jima in the annals of human conflict is described in detail, through its ominous conclusion in the mushroom clouds of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. |
| the conquering tide: The Fleet at Flood Tide James D. Hornfischer, 2017-11-14 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The extraordinary story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise of the United States as a global superpower Winner, Commodore John Barry Book Award, Navy League of the United States • Winner, John Lehman Distinguished Naval Historian Award, Naval Order of the United States With its thunderous assault on the Mariana Islands in June 1944, the United States crossed the threshold of total war. In this tour de force of dramatic storytelling, distilled from extensive research in newly discovered primary sources, James D. Hornfischer brings to life the campaign that was the fulcrum of the drive to compel Tokyo to surrender—and that forever changed the art of modern war. With a close focus on high commanders, front-line combatants, and ordinary people, American and Japanese alike, Hornfischer tells the story of the climactic end of the Pacific War as has never been done before. Here are the epic seaborne invasions of Saipan, Tinian, and Guam, the stunning aerial battles of the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot, the first large-scale use of Navy underwater demolition teams, the largest banzai attack of the war, and the daring combat operations large and small that made possible the strategic bombing offensive culminating in the atomic strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. From the seas of the Central Pacific to the shores of Japan itself, The Fleet at Flood Tide is a stirring, authoritative, and cinematic portrayal of World War II’s world-changing finale. Illustrated with original maps and more than 120 dramatic photographs “Quite simply, popular and scholarly military history at its best.”—Victor Davis Hanson, author of Carnage and Culture “The dean of World War II naval history . . . In his capable hands, the story races along like an intense thriller. . . . Narrative nonfiction at its finest—a book simply not to be missed.”—James M. Scott, Charleston Post and Courier “An impressively lucid account . . . admirable, fascinating.”—The Wall Street Journal “An extraordinary memorial to the courageous—and a cautionary note to a world that remains unstable and turbulent today.”—Admiral James Stavridis, former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO, author of Sea Power “A masterful, fresh account . . . ably expands on the prior offerings of such classic naval historians as Samuel Eliot Morison.”—The Dallas Morning News |
| the conquering tide: Shattered Sword Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully, 2011 Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange s bestselling Miracle at Midway, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement. Unlike previous accounts, Shattered Sword makes extensive use of Japanese primary sources. It also corrects the many errors of Mitsuo Fuchida s Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan, an uncritical reliance upon which has tainted every previous Western account. It thus forces a major, potentially controversial reevaluation of the great battle. The authors examine the battle in detail and effortlessly place it within the context of the Imperial Navy s doctrine and technology. With a foreword by leading WWII naval historian John Lundstrom, Shattered Sword will become an indispensable part of any military buff s library. Winner of the 2005 John Lyman Book Award for the Best Book in U.S. Naval History and cited by Proceedings as one of its Notable Naval Books for 2005. |
| the conquering tide: Hirohito's War Francis Pike, 2016-09-08 Named one of Foreign Affairs' Best Books of 2016 In his magisterial 1,208 page narrative of the Pacific War, Francis Pike's Hirohito's War offers an original interpretation, balancing the existing Western-centric view with attention to the Japanese perspective on the conflict. As well as giving a 'blow-by-blow' account of campaigns and battles, Francis Pike offers many challenges to the standard interpretations with regards to the causes of the war; Emperor Hirohito's war guilt; the inevitability of US Victory; the abilities of General MacArthur and Admiral Yamamoto; the role of China, Great Britain and Australia; military and naval technology; and the need for the fire-bombing of Japan and the eventual use of the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hirohito's War is accompanied by additional online resources, including more details on logistics, economics, POWs, submarines and kamikaze, as well as a 1930-1945 timeline and over 200 maps. |
| the conquering tide: Steel Tide Natalie C. Parker, 2020-07-09 Caledonia Styx is a captain without a ship, after a battle that nearly killed her. Pulled from the sea half-dead, she is saved by the Blades – renegade fighters who have escaped the clutches of Caledonia’s vicious enemy Aric Athair. She has one desire: to find her beloved ship and sisters so she can continue fighting Aric's fleet. But first she must persuade the Blades to join her on a rescue mission that will take them into the very heart of Aric’s stronghold and even beneath the waves they sail... |
| the conquering tide: D-Day Rick Atkinson, Kate Waters, 2014-05-06 Presents a young reader's adaptation of The Guns at Last Light, tracing the Battle of Normandy and the Allied liberation of Western Europe through the end of World War II. |
| the conquering tide: The Battle for Leyte Gulf C. Vann Woodward, 2007-11-17 Pulitzer-Prize-winner and bestselling author C. Vann Woodward recreates the gripping account of the battle for Leyte Gulf—the greatest naval battle of World War II and the largest engagement ever fought on the high seas. For the Japanese, it represented their supreme effort; they committed to action virtually every operational fighting ship on the lists of the Imperial Navy, including two powerful new battleships of the Yamato class. It also ended in their greatest defeat—and a tremendous victory for the United States Navy. Features a new introduction by Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder. |
| the conquering tide: The Turn of the Tide in the Pacific War Sean M. Judge, Jonathan M. House, 2018-03-15 Midway through 1942, Japanese and Allied forces found themselves fighting on two fronts—in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. These concurrent campaigns, conducted between July 1942 and February 1943, proved a critical turning point in the war being waged in the Pacific, as the advantage definitively shifted from the Japanese to the Americans. Key to this shift was the Allies seizing of the strategic initiative—a concept that Sean Judge examines in this book, particularly in the context of the Pacific War. The concept of strategic initiative, in this analysis, helps to explain why and how contending powers design campaigns and use military forces to alter the trajectory of war. Judge identifies five factors that come into play in capturing and maintaining the initiative: resources, intelligence, strategic acumen, combat effectiveness, and chance, all of which are affected by political will. His book uses the dual campaigns in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands as a case study in strategic initiative by reconstructing the organizations, decisions, and events that influenced the shift of initiative from one adversary to the other. Perhaps the most critical factor in this case is strategic acumen, without which the other advantages are easily squandered. Specifically, Judge details how General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz, in designing and executing these campaigns, provided the strategic leadership essential to reversing the tide of war—whose outcome, Judge contends, was not as inevitable as conventional wisdom tells us. The strategic initiative, once passed to American and Allied forces in the Pacific, would never be relinquished. In its explanation of how and why this happened, The Turn of the Tide in the Pacific War holds important lessons for students of military history and for future strategic leaders. |
| the conquering tide: Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War: July 1937-May 1942 Richard B. Frank, 2020-03-03 A sweeping epic.… Promises to do for the war in the Pacific what Rick Atkinson did for Europe. —James M. Scott, author of Rampage In 1937, the swath of the globe east from India to the Pacific Ocean encompassed half the world’s population. Japan’s onslaught into China that year unleashed a tidal wave of events that fundamentally transformed this region and killed about twenty-five million people. This extraordinary World War II narrative vividly portrays the battles across this entire region and links those struggles on many levels with their profound twenty-first-century legacies. In this first volume of a trilogy, award-winning historian Richard B. Frank draws on rich archival research and recently discovered documentary evidence to tell an epic story that gave birth to the world we live in now. |
| the conquering tide: Conquering Chaos Catelynn Lowell, Tyler Baltierra, 2015-03-03 Since Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra shared their story of teen pregnancy and adoption on the MTV's 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom, they've been known for their inspiring commitment to growing up right. Between their experience placing their first daughter for adoption, and their struggle to cope with problems in their families, Catelynn and Tyler were challenged in every imaginable way. But against all odds, the childhood sweethearts rose above the dysfunction to become responsible adults whose story has inspired many others. How did two troublemaking kids from the trailer park make it through the storm of family dysfunction, teen pregnancy, and adoption without letting go of each other? What gave them the strength to conquer the chaos of their lives and go on to become people their children could be proud of? And what really happened when the cameras weren't there? Now, in their debut book, Catelynn and Tyler tell the story in their own words...and they leave nothing out. From the wild behavior that went down before MTV to their experiences learning and teaching about adoption, Catelynn and Tyler lay it all out on the table. Open, honest, raw, and real, Conquering Chaos is an incredible look at two young people who beat the odds and used their victories to give hope to others. |
| the conquering tide: South Pacific Cauldron Alan P Rems, 2014-05-15 “Award-winning author Alan Rems brilliantly tells of the campaigns in the South Pacific, a region long overlooked, offering both the big picture and the foxhole view” — Military Officer “A fitting tribute to the men who fought and died in an often overlooked theater of World War II. As such, it is a welcome addition to our knowledge of World War II in the Pacific Theater.” — On Point: The Journal of Army History While the Pacific War has been widely studied by military historians and venerated in popular culture through movies and other media, the fighting in the South Pacific Theater has, with few exceptions, been remarkably neglected. Authoritative yet written in a highly readable narrative style, South Pacific Cauldron is the first complete history embracing all land, sea, and air operations in this critically important sector of the oceanic conflict. |
| the conquering tide: Good Ogre Platte F. Clark, 2015-04-07 Max is finally home in Madison, but the magical mayhem is just beginning in this conclusion to the hilarious trilogy that started with Bad Unicorn and Fluff Dragon, which Publishers Weekly called “deviously enjoyable.” After saving an entire world—three, actually—it’s no wonder Max can’t seem to get comfortable back home, where the most daunting threat is ending up in remedial gym if he can’t climb a rope fast enough. Then a new kid named Wayne rescues Max from the school bullies, and a new option for adventure appears. Wayne says he’s from the magical realm, the Magrus, and that Max is needed there. He can go back and be the powerful wizard of his dreams! But when Max opens a portal between the two worlds, he finds out that things are not what they seem. A violent storm starts turning the residents of Madison into monsters and Max’s friends into characters out of an online game. Then Max learns that the Maelshadow, a being of pure evil, plans to use the portal to invade the planet and make it his own. Can Max and his motley crew put a stop to his plans? Or has this spellcaster’s luck finally run out? |
| the conquering tide: The Pacific War Encyclopedia James F. Dunnigan, Albert A. Nofi, 1998 Covers the battles and campaigns, leaders, major military units, and weaponry of World War II in the Pacific, and examines the political, social, and economic factors that affected the war's progress and outcome. |
| the conquering tide: The Conquering Tide Ian W Toll, 2016-09-13 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 This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War—the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944—when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a conquering tide, concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas. It was the largest, bloodiest, most costly, most technically innovative and logistically complicated amphibious war in history, and it fostered bitter interservice rivalries, leaving wounds that even victory could not heal. Often overlooked, these are the years and fights that decided the Pacific War. Ian W. Toll's battle scenes—in the air, at sea, and in the jungles—are simply riveting. He also takes the reader into the wartime councils in Washington and Tokyo where politics and strategy often collided, and into the struggle to mobilize wartime production, which was the secret of Allied victory. Brilliantly researched, the narrative is propelled and colored by firsthand accounts—letters, diaries, debriefings, and memoirs—that are the raw material of the telling details, shrewd judgment, and penetrating insight of this magisterial history. This volume—continuing the marvelously readable dramatic narrative (San Francisco Chronicle) of Pacific Crucible—marks the second installment of the Pacific War Trilogy, which will stand as the first history of the entire Pacific War to be published in at least twenty-five years. |
| the conquering tide: How the War Was Won Phillips Payson O'Brien, 2015-02-12 An important new history of air and sea power in World War II and its decisive role in Allied victory. |
| the conquering tide: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich William L. Shirer, 2011-10-11 History of Nazi Germany. |
| the conquering tide: Combined Fleet Decoded John Prados, 2001 The most authoritative and revealing examination yet of the way intelligence--of all kinds--was instrumental in defeating Japan. Prados gives a new picture of the war in the Pacific, one which will challenge many previous conceptions about that conflict, and one which will be irresistible to those readers who find histories of that period fascinating. 16 pages of photos. |
| the conquering tide: On the Edge of Darkness Kathy Cronkite, 1994 Dozens of journalists, actors, politicians, and others who have experienced and conquered depression--including Kitty Dukakis, Dick Clark, Joan Rivers, Rod Steiger, and Mike Wallace--offer their success stories in a collection of interviews. 75,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo. Tour. |
| the conquering tide: Temple of a Thousand Faces John Shors, 2013-02-05 In his international bestseller Beneath a Marble Sky, John Shors wrote about the ancient passion, beauty, and brilliance that inspired the building of the Taj Mahal. Now with Temple of a Thousand Faces, he brings to life the legendary temple of Angkor Wat, an unrivaled marvel of ornately carved towers and stone statues. There, in a story set nearly a thousand years ago, an empire is lost, a royal love is tested, and heroism is reborn. When his land is taken by force, Prince Jayavar of the Khmer people narrowly escapes death at the hands of the conquering Cham king, Indravarman. Exiled from their homeland, he and his mystical wife Ajadevi set up a secret camp in the jungle with the intention of amassing an army bold enough to reclaim their kingdom and free their people. Meanwhile, Indravarman rules with an iron fist, pitting even his most trusted men against each other and quashing any hint of rebellion. Moving from a poor fisherman's family whose sons find the courage to take up arms against their oppressors, to a beautiful bride who becomes a prize of war, to an ambitious warrior whose allegiance is torn--Temple of a Thousand Faces is an unforgettable saga of love, betrayal, and survival at any cost. READERS GUIDE INCLUDED |
| the conquering tide: The Day of Battle Rick Atkinson, 2008-09-16 In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy. |
| the conquering tide: The Invisibility Cloak Ge Fei, 2016-10-11 A lightly surreal story of misfortune, menace, and high-end stereo equipment in the cutthroat, capitalistic world of modern China. An NYRB Classics Original The hero of The Invisibility Cloak lives in contemporary Beijing—where everyone is doing their best to hustle up the ladder of success while shouldering an ever-growing burden of consumer goods—and he’s a loser. Well into his forties, he’s divorced (and still doting on his ex), childless, and living with his sister (her husband wants him out) in an apartment at the edge of town with a crack in the wall the wind from the north blows through while he gets by, just, by making customized old-fashioned amplifiers for the occasional rich audio-obsessive. He has contempt for his clients and contempt for himself. The only things he really likes are Beethoven and vintage speakers. Then an old friend tips him off about a special job—a little risky but just don’t ask too many questions—and can it really be that this hopeless loser wins? This provocative and seriously funny exercise in the social fantastic by the brilliantly original Ge Fei, one of China’s finest living writers, is among the most original works of fiction to come out of China in recent years. It is sure to appeal to readers of Haruki Murakami and other fabulists of contemporary irreality. |
| the conquering tide: The Conquering Tide Ian W Toll, 2015-10-13 New York Times Bestseller The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challenge: rolling back the vast Japanese Pacific empire, island by island. This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War—the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944—when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a conquering tide, concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas. It was the largest, bloodiest, most costly, most technically innovative and logistically complicated amphibious war in history, and it fostered bitter interservice rivalries, leaving wounds that even victory could not heal. Often overlooked, these are the years and fights that decided the Pacific War. Ian W. Toll's battle scenes—in the air, at sea, and in the jungles—are simply riveting. He also takes the reader into the wartime councils in Washington and Tokyo where politics and strategy often collided, and into the struggle to mobilize wartime production, which was the secret of Allied victory. Brilliantly researched, the narrative is propelled and colored by firsthand accounts—letters, diaries, debriefings, and memoirs—that are the raw material of the telling details, shrewd judgment, and penetrating insight of this magisterial history. This volume—continuing the marvelously readable dramatic narrative (San Francisco Chronicle) of Pacific Crucible—marks the second installment of the Pacific War Trilogy, which will stand as the first history of the entire Pacific War to be published in at least twenty-five years. |
| the conquering tide: Fatal Tide Lis Wiehl, Peter Nelson, 2014-07-08 Tommy Gunderson and Dani Harris uncover a plan devised by occultist leaders at Saint Adrian's school and Linz Pharmaceuticals to deliver a drug into the water system that would transform children into murderers. |
| the conquering tide: On Guerrilla Warfare Mao Tse-Tung, 2021-02-26 In 1937, Mao was in retreat after ten years of battling the Nationalist troops of Chiang Kai-shek. During this period, he wrote a succinct pamphlet that remains one of the most influential documents on warfare to this date. This treatise, the first systematic analysis of guerilla warfare, established Mao as the architect of a new method of warfare. On Guerrilla Warfare is Mao's case for the extensive use of an irregular form of warfare in which small groups of combatants use mobile military tactics in the forms of ambushes and raids to combat a larger and less mobile formal army. Mao wrote the book in 1937 to convince Chinese political and military leaders that guerilla style-tactics were necessary for the Chinese to use in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The book has since become a classic and should be of interest to anyone who wants to learn about guerilla warfare and how it is effectively conducted, and anyone interested in warfare, terrorism, and revolution in general. |
| the conquering tide: Cut The Clutter Cynthia Townley Ewer, 2010-01-14 Conquer the clutter, clean your house and give yourself more time for the good things in life � with this new edition in eBook format Drowning in clutter, but don�t know where to begin? Feeling overwhelmed by a home that�s out of control? Help is at hand from the creator of the popular home-management website OrganizedHome.com. With wit, humour and style, Cynthia Townley Ewer sets about solving the many obstacles of running an orderly home. From how to combat, and stay on top of, the clutter tide, to the most effective tools for, and methods of, cleaning. Plus, pick up tips on the specifics of running an organized home from �food�, �clothing�, �surfaces and systems� to �room to live� and �paper handling�. Whether you want to know how to tame �the great white� (fridge, not shark!), or add rhythm to your clothes closet, Cynthia will inform you, entertain you and very possibly save your sanity along the way. |
| the conquering tide: One Mighty and Irresistible Tide Jia Lynn Yang, 2021-05-25 The idea of the United States as a nation of immigrants is at the core of the American narrative. But in 1924, Congress instituted a system of ethnic quotas so stringent that it choked off large-scale immigration for decades, sharply curtailing arrivals from southern and eastern Europe and outright banning those from nearly all of Asia. In a riveting narrative filled with a fascinating cast of characters, from the indefatigable congressman Emanuel Celler and senator Herbert Lehman to the bull-headed Nevada senator Pat McCarran, Jia Lynn Yang recounts how lawmakers, activists, and presidents from Truman through LBJ worked relentlessly to abolish the 1924 law. Through a world war, a refugee crisis after the Holocaust, and a McCarthyist fever, a coalition of lawmakers and activists descended from Jewish, Irish, and Japanese immigrants fought to establish a new principle of equality in the American immigration system. Their crowning achievement, the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, proved to be one of the most transformative laws in the country’s history, opening the door to nonwhite migration at levels never seen before—and changing America in ways that those who debated it could hardly have imagined. Framed movingly by her own family’s story of immigration to America, Yang’s One Mighty and Irresistible Tide is a deeply researched and illuminating work of history, one that shows how Americans have strived and struggled to live up to the ideal of a home for the “huddled masses,” as promised in Emma Lazarus’s famous poem. |
| the conquering tide: The Imjin War Samuel Hawley, 2014-09-15 In May of 1592, Japanese dictator Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent a 158,800-man army of invasion from Kyushu to Pusan on Korea's southern tip. His objective: to conquer Korea, then China, then the whole of Asia. The resulting seven years of fighting, known in Korea as imjin waeran, the Imjin invasion, after the year of the water dragon in which it began, dwarfed contemporary conflicts in Europe and was one of the most devastating wars to grip East Asia in the past thousand years. THE IMJIN WAR is the most comprehensive account ever published in English of this cataclysmic event, so little known in the West. It begins with the political and cultural background of Korea, Japan and China, explores the diplomatic impasse that led to the war, describes every major incident and battle from 1592 to 1598 and introduces a fascinating cast of characters along the way. There is Hideyoshi, hosting garden parties as his armies march toward Beijing; Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin, emerging from a prison cell to take on the Japanese navy with just thirteen ships; Chinese commander Zhao Chengxun, suffering defeat after promising to scatter the Japanese to the four winds; the courtesan Chu Non-gae, luring a samurai warrior into her arms and jumping into the Nam River with him locked in her embrace. One nation fighting to expand, another to survive. Shockwaves extending across China and beyond. THE IMJIN WAR is an epic tale of grand perspective and intimate detail of an upheaval that would shape East Asia for centuries to come. |
| the conquering tide: The Conquering Tide Ian W. Toll, 2015 Presents an account of the Allied effort to reclaim thousands of Japanese-occupied islands, detailing the campaign's technical innovations, logistic complications, and human and economic costs. |
| the conquering tide: The homeland security papers , 2004 |
| the conquering tide: The First King Of Shannara Terry Brooks, 2012-02-23 ***50 MILLION TERRY BROOKS COPIES SOLD AROUND THE WORLD*** THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES IS NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'Terry's place is at the head of the fantasy world' Philip Pullman After the terrible misuse of magic during the First War of the Races, the Druids at Paranor devoted themselves to the study of the old sciences. But dark forces were on the move from the Northlands, and it was left to Bremen and those few who supported him in his work with the arcane arts to stand against the enemy's seemingly-invincible Troll army. For at the heart of the evil tide was an archmage and former Druid named Brona... Using the special skills he had acquired through his own study of Magic, Bremen was able to penetrate the huge camp of the Troll army and learn many of its secrets. And he immediately understood that if the peoples of the Four Lands were to escape eternal subjugation they would need to unite. But, even when united, they would need a weapon, something so powerful that the evil magic of Brona, the Warlock Lord, would fail before its might... Praise for Terry Brooks: 'A master of the craft . . . required reading' Brent Weeks 'I can't even begin to count how many of Terry Brooks's books I've read (and re-read) over the years' Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Name of the Wind 'I would not be writing epic fantasy today if not for Shannara' Peter V. Brett, author of The Painted Man 'If you haven't read Terry Brooks, you haven't read fantasy' Christopher Paolini, author of Eragon The original Shannara trilogy: THE SWORD OF SHANNARA THE ELFSTONES OF SHANNARA (now a major TV series: THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES) THE WISHSONG OF SHANNARA |
| the conquering tide: The Schnoz of the Rings John J. Osterhout, 2015-03-31 Froyo Bagpants is a halfbit with a problem. He just found out that the magic ring left to him by his uncle Bobo is actually the Scnozring, the ring that could bring Central Oith under the domination of the Great Schnoz. Now Froyo must leave his happy home in the Mire and destory the Schnozring by pitching it into the fire pit of Mount Drool. Opposing him are the ghost-like Schnozgoons, the warrior Haragrim, the cutlass-wielding Corsairs of the Ember, the Yuck Corps of the wizard Sorryman the Spumoni, and the yuck armies of the Great Schnoz. But Froyo has allies, too: the far seeing elf Lededgas, the stalwart dwarf Gimmie, the gray wizard Grandkopf, and the men, Beerormir of Gonner and Arrowshaft son of Arrowhead. Froyo and his allies are the Six Pack of Central Oith and they are going to destroy the Schnozring..or die trying.--Cover. |
| the conquering tide: Multi-Domain Battle in the Southwest Pacific Theater of World War II Combat Studies Institute Press, Christopher M Rein, 2019-07-29 Multi-Domain Battle in the Southwest Pacific Theater of World War II provides a historical account of how US forces used synchronized operations in the air, maritime, information, and land domains to defeat the Japanese Empire. This work offers a historical case that illuminates current thinking about future campaigns in which coordination among all domains will be critical for success. |
| the conquering tide: Away from Chaos - the Middle East and the Challenge to the West Gilles Kepel, 2020 Away from Chaos is a sweeping political history of four decades of Middle East conflict and its worldwide ramifications. Gilles Kepel offers a clear and persuasive narrative of the long-term causes of tension while seamlessly incorporating on-the-ground observations and personal experiences from the people who lived through them. |
| the conquering tide: Martin Van Buren and the American Political System Donald B. Cole, 2014-07 Donald Cole analyzes the political skills that brought Van Buren the nickname Little Magician, describing how he built the Albany Regency (which became a model for political party machines) and how he created the Democratic party of Andrew Jackson. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
| the conquering tide: Epitome of Roman History Lucius Annaeus Florus, 2014 |
| the conquering tide: War in the Pacific: The road to Tokyo Jerome T. Hagen, 2005 |
CONQUERing Fidget Rings | Fastest-growing jewelry brand in US
Mar 11, 2025 · Choose from our most popular fidget rings and find everything you need to start CONQUERing your day.
CONQUERING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
CONQUERING definition: 1. present participle of conquer 2. to take control or possession of foreign land, or a group of…. Learn more.
CONQUERING Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
conquer, vanquish, defeat, subdue, reduce, overcome, overthrow mean to get the better of by force or strategy. conquer implies gaining mastery of. vanquish implies a complete …
Conquering - definition of conquering by The Free Dictionary
To gain control of or subdue by military force: conquered the neighboring lands. b. To defeat in war: The Greeks conquered the Persians. See Synonyms at defeat. 2. a. To eliminate or …
Conquering - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.
What does CONQUERING mean? - Definitions.net
Conquering refers to the act of gaining control or possession over a territory or people through force or military power. It often involves overpowering and dominating a group, typically …
Conquering - Definition, Meaning, and Examples in English
Learn the meaning of Conquering in English, including definitions, examples, translations, and interesting facts. Explore how Conquering is used in different contexts with finesentence.com.
conquering - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Sep 28, 2024 · conquering (plural conquerings) An act of conquest . c. 1580s , Philip Sidney , “ Astrophel and Stella ”, in [ Mary Sidney ], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [ …
CONQUER Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Conquer definition: to acquire by force of arms; win in war.. See examples of CONQUER used in a sentence.
CONQUERING Synonyms: 165 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
Synonyms for CONQUERING: victorious, winning, triumphant, rejoicing, jubilant, exultant, glorying, exulting; Antonyms of CONQUERING: defeated, depressed, disconsolate, downcast, …
CONQUERing Fidget Rings | Fastest-growing jewelry brand in US
Mar 11, 2025 · Choose from our most popular fidget rings and find everything you need to start CONQUERing your day.
CONQUERING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
CONQUERING definition: 1. present participle of conquer 2. to take control or possession of foreign land, or a group of…. Learn more.
CONQUERING Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
conquer, vanquish, defeat, subdue, reduce, overcome, overthrow mean to get the better of by force or strategy. conquer implies gaining mastery of. vanquish implies a complete …
Conquering - definition of conquering by The Free Dictionary
To gain control of or subdue by military force: conquered the neighboring lands. b. To defeat in war: The Greeks conquered the Persians. See Synonyms at defeat. 2. a. To eliminate or …
Conquering - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.
What does CONQUERING mean? - Definitions.net
Conquering refers to the act of gaining control or possession over a territory or people through force or military power. It often involves overpowering and dominating a group, typically …
Conquering - Definition, Meaning, and Examples in English
Learn the meaning of Conquering in English, including definitions, examples, translations, and interesting facts. Explore how Conquering is used in different contexts with finesentence.com.
conquering - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Sep 28, 2024 · conquering (plural conquerings) An act of conquest . c. 1580s , Philip Sidney , “ Astrophel and Stella ”, in [ Mary Sidney ], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [ …
CONQUER Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Conquer definition: to acquire by force of arms; win in war.. See examples of CONQUER used in a sentence.
CONQUERING Synonyms: 165 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
Synonyms for CONQUERING: victorious, winning, triumphant, rejoicing, jubilant, exultant, glorying, exulting; Antonyms of CONQUERING: defeated, depressed, disconsolate, downcast, …
