The Pacific War Trilogy
| Author | Ian W. Toll |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Grover Gardner and P. J. Ochlan |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | History |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Publication date | 2011, 2015 and 2020 |
| Media type | Print, Kindle, Audiobook |
| Website | W. W. Norton & Company |
The Pacific War Trilogy is a three-volume history of the war in the Pacific, written by author[1][2] and military historian Ian W. Toll. The series was published by W. W. Norton & Company. Toll is a graduate of St George's School in Middletown, Rhode Island. In 1989, he received an undergraduate degree in American history from Georgetown University; in 1995 he received a master's degree in public policy from Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.[3]
Book series
The Pacific Crucible
- 640 pp. (hardcover) .
- 22 hrs and 6 mins (audiobook); Pacific Crucible at Audible Studios.
The Conquering Tide
- 656 pp. (hardcover), .
- 27 hours and 22 minutes (audiobook); The Conquering Tide at Recorded Books.
Twilight of the Gods
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944–1945 is the third and final volume in the Pacific War trilogy. The book is a narrative history of the final phase of the Pacific War, which took place in the western Pacific between the Allies and the Empire of Japan. It was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2020 (hardcover and Kindle). It was also released as an audiobook narrated by P. J. Ochlan by Recorded Books in 2020.[12][13][14] The book was a New York Times best selling non-fiction book.[15]
- 944 pp. (hardcover), .
- 36 hours and 46 minutes (audiobook); Twilight of the Gods at Recorded Books.
See also
- Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
- South West Pacific Area (command)
References
- ^ "Best Sellers/Hardcover Nonfiction". The New York Times. October 11, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ "Hardcover Nonfiction Books Best Sellers: Twilight of the Gods". The New York Times. September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ "Ian W. Toll: Six Frigates". Pritzker Military Museum & Library.
- ^ "Pacific Crucible". W. W. Norton & Company. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ Michael Beschloss (November 25, 2011). "In the Air, On the Sea: Book Review of Pacific Crucible by Ian W. Toll". The New York Times. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ Rear Admiral Richard Gentz (2012). "Book Review: Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942". Naval Historical Foundation. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ "31st Annual Northern California Book Awards". Poetryflash.org. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ "The Conquering Tide". W. W. Norton & Company. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ Jordan, J. W. (October 2, 2015). "The Grueling Archipelago". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ Staff writer (September 25, 2015). "Book Review: The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ "The Conquering Tide". Penguin Random House. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- ^ "Twilight of the Gods". W. W. Norton & Company. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ Perry, M. (August 28, 2020). "How the U.S. Won the War Against Japan: Book Review of Twilight of the Gods". The New York Times. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^ Jamieson, W. (September 1, 2020). "Book Review: Twilight of the Gods: The magisterial final volume of Ian W. Toll's Pacific War trilogy". Book & Film Globe. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- ^ "Hardcover Nonfiction Books Best Sellers: Twilight of the Gods". The New York Times. September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
Further reading
- Beevor, A. (2014). The Second World War. London: Orion.
- Hastings, M. (2011). Inferno: The World at War, 1939–1945. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
- Morison, S. E. (2001). History of United States Naval Operations in World War II (15 Volumes). The United States Navy's official history of World War Two.
- Roberts, A. (2011). The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War. New York: HarperCollins.