The Pacific War Trilogy
{{Short description|Three volume history of the Pacific War by Ian W. Toll}}
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{{Infobox book
| name = The Pacific War Trilogy
| image =
| image_caption = United States Marines on Iwo Jima
| 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
| pub_date = 2011, 2015 and 2020
| media_type = Print, Kindle, Audiobook
| website = [https://wwnorton.com/ W. W. Norton & Company]
}}
The Pacific War Trilogy is a three-volume history of the war in the Pacific, written by author{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2015-10-11/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html|title=Best Sellers/Hardcover Nonfiction|last=|first=|date=October 11, 2015|website=The New York Times |access-date=2016-12-31}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2020/09/20/hardcover-nonfiction/ |title=Hardcover Nonfiction Books Best Sellers: Twilight of the Gods |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 20, 2020 |author= |accessdate=September 20, 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/ian-w-toll-six-frigates/|title=Ian W. Toll: Six Frigates |publisher=Pritzker Military Museum & Library}}
Book series
=''The Pacific Crucible''=
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941{{endash}}1942 is the first volume in the Pacific War trilogy. The book is a narrative history of the opening phase of the Pacific War, which took place in the eastern Pacific between the Allies and the Empire of Japan. It was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2011 (hardcover and Kindle) and 2012 (paperback). It was released as an audiobook narrated by Grover Gardner by Audible Studios in 2011.{{cite web |url=https://wwnorton.com/books/Pacific-Crucible/overview |title=Pacific Crucible |newspaper=W. W. Norton & Company |accessdate= September 13, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/books/review/pacific-crucible-war-at-sea-in-the-pacific-1941-1942-by-ian-w-toll-book-review.html |title=In the Air, On the Sea: Book Review of Pacific Crucible by Ian W. Toll |author=Michael Beschloss |date=November 25, 2011 |website=The New York Times |publisher= |access-date=September 12, 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.navyhistory.org/2012/11/book-review-pacific-crucible-war-at-sea-in-the-pacific-1941-1942/ |title= Book Review: Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942 |author=Rear Admiral Richard Gentz |date=2012 |website= |publisher=Naval Historical Foundation |access-date=September 13, 2020 }} The book was the winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://poetryflash.org/programs/?p=ncba_2012 |title=31st Annual Northern California Book Awards |website=Poetryflash.org |accessdate=September 13, 2020}}
- 640 pp. (hardcover) {{ISBN|978-0-393-34341-0}}; [https://wwnorton.com/books/Pacific-Crucible/ Pacific Crucible at W. W. Norton].
- 22 hrs and 6 mins (audiobook); [https://www.audible.com/pd/Pacific-Crucible-War-at-Sea-in-the-Pacific-1941-1942-Audiobook/B0062CHMRE Pacific Crucible at Audible Studios].
=''The Conquering Tide''=
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942{{endash}}1944 is the second volume in the Pacific War trilogy. The book is a narrative history of the middle phase of the Pacific War, which took place in the central and southern Pacific between the Allies and the Empire of Japan. It was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2015 (hardcover and Kindle) and 2016 (paperback). It was released as an audiobook narrated by P. J. Ochlan by Recorded Books in 2015.{{cite web |url=https://wwnorton.com/books/The-Conquering-Tide/ |title=The Conquering Tide |newspaper=W. W. Norton & Company |accessdate= September 13, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-grueling-archipelago-1443815294 |title=The Grueling Archipelago |author=Jordan, J. W. |date=October 2, 2015 |website=The Wall Street Journal |publisher= |access-date=September 13, 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/books/2015/09/26/history-review-the-conquering-tide-war-in-the-pacific-islands-1942-1944-by-ian-w-toll/ |title=Book Review: The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 |author=Staff writer |date=September 25, 2015 |website=The Dallas Morning News |publisher= |access-date=September 15, 2020 }} The book was a New York Times best selling non-fiction book.{{cite web |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/533062/the-conquering-tide-by-ian-w-toll/9780393353204 |title=The Conquering Tide |author= |date= |website=Penguin Random House |publisher=|access-date=September 14, 2020}}
- 656 pp. (hardcover), {{ISBN|978-0393080643}}; [https://wwnorton.com/books/The-Conquering-Tide/ The Conquering Tide at W. W. Norton].
- 27 hours and 22 minutes (audiobook); [https://www.recordedbooks.com/title-details/9781490693668 The Conquering Tide at Recorded Books].
=''Twilight of the Gods''=
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944{{endash}}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.{{cite web |url=https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393080650 |title=Twilight of the Gods |newspaper=W. W. Norton & Company |accessdate= September 13, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/books/review/twilight-of-the-gods-ian-w-toll.html |title=How the U.S. Won the War Against Japan: Book Review of Twilight of the Gods |author=Perry, M. |date=August 28, 2020 |website=The New York Times |access-date=September 19, 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://bookandfilmglobe.com/nonfiction/book-review-twilight-of-the-gods/ |title=Book Review: Twilight of the Gods: The magisterial final volume of Ian W. Toll's Pacific War trilogy |author=Jamieson, W. |date=September 1, 2020 |website=Book & Film Globe |publisher= |access-date=September 17, 2020 }} The book was a New York Times best selling non-fiction book.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2020/09/20/hardcover-nonfiction/ |title=Hardcover Nonfiction Books Best Sellers: Twilight of the Gods |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 20, 2020 |author= |accessdate=September 20, 2020}}
- 944 pp. (hardcover), {{ISBN|978-0393080650}}; [https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393080650 Twilight of the Gods at W. W. Norton].
- 36 hours and 46 minutes (audiobook); [https://www.recordedbooks.com/title-details/9781980090540 Twilight of the Gods at Recorded Books].
See also
References
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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.
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