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The ghosts of Iwo Jima

Captain Robert S. Burrell masterfully reconsiders the costs of taking Iwo Jima and its role in the war effort. His thought-provoking analysis also highlights the greater contribution of Iwo Jima's valiant dead: They inspired a reverence for the Marine Corps that proved critical to its institutional survival and its embodiment of American national spirit

eBook, English, ©2006
1st ed
Texas A & M University Press, College Station, ©2006