Winds, Waves, and Warriors: Battling the Surf at Normandy, Tarawa, and Inchon - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807172230ISBN-10:807172235UPC:9780807172230Book Category:History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, Earth SciencesBook Topic:World War II, Korean War, OceanographySize:9.35 x 6.41 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCBK6ZQP2C
Winds, Waves, and Warriors: Battling the Surf at Normandy, Tarawa, and Inchon
Winds, Waves, and Warriors examines the oceanographic conditions that U.S. military planners considered, or should have considered, when landing troops and vehicles on the beach at three historic amphibious assaults: Normandy, Tarawa, and Inchon. Oceanographer Thomas M. Mitchell brings welcome insight into a little-studied yet extraordinary aspect of ground warfare by explaining why certain tidal...
Language:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807172230ISBN-10:807172235UPC:9780807172230Book Category:History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, Earth SciencesBook Topic:World War II, Korean War, OceanographySize:9.35 x 6.41 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCBK6ZQP2C
Thomas M. Mitchell served twenty-nine years in the U.S. Army Reserve, spent six years studying oceanography, and for twenty-eight years practiced oceanography at Texas Instruments, ARCO Oil and Gas Company, and Texaco, Inc. He has been a contributor at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference for thirteen summer sessions.
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