Tarawa

by Charles T. Gregg

Depicts the costly battle between the American and Japanese forces at the Tarawa Atoll in the South Pacific during World War II

Genres: History

384 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Bob McNamara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fair account of the battle taken on by the 2nd Marine Division. Nothing too special.

[Tom Oman · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very readable and engaging book about a battle that epitomized the attritional and futile aspects of the Pacific War as so many needlessly and stubbornly lost their lives on this tiny, uninhabited and insignificant sand spit in the mid Pacific.

[Rod Pyle]

A detailed and well-written account of the battle.