No Bended Knee: The Battle for Guadalcanal

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By Merrill B. Twining
Publisher Random House Publishing Group - (Presidio Press)
No Bended Knee: The Battle for Guadalcanal
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A VIVID NARRATIVE . . . A splendid firstperson account of the costly campaign that enabled Allied forces to wrest Guadalcanal from the Japanese in World War IIs Pacific theater. Kirkus Reviews By reading and studyingNo Bended Knee, the military professional can gain an appreciation for war at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels. Twining writes as he served his corpsboldly and straightforwardly, with impeccable detail and superb understanding of things strategic. Airpower Journal A VIEW FROM THE NERVE CENTER COMPLETE WITH TELLING PERSONAL ANECDOTES. Journal Inquirer(Manchester, CT) Twining adds notably to the literature on Guadalcanal and provides one of the best accounts of war as seen from the perspective of the often maligned yet absolutely indispensable headquarters staff. Booklist CANDID AND REVEALING. Publishers Weekly From the Paperback edition.

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53280 words53,280 words
240 pages240 pages
Lexile 1190LLexile 1190L
Published 1996Published 1996
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9780891415497

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