讀《FT·金融時報》學(xué)英語：《征服浪潮：太平洋島嶼之戰(zhàn)，1942-1944》

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Lionel Barber
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Ian W Toll's The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 (WW Norton) is a riveting account of how the US clawed its way back from defeat against initially unstoppable Japanese air, land and sea invasion forces after Pearl Harbor.
伊恩·托爾的《征服浪潮：太平洋島嶼之戰(zhàn)，1942-1944》是一本引人入勝的作品，它重現(xiàn)了珍珠港事件后，美國如何重新崛起、戰(zhàn)勝了原本勢不可當?shù)娜毡娟憽⒑?、空侵略軍?br />
Volume two in Toll's Pacific trilogy starts with the battle of Guadalcanal, a blood-soaked speck in the ocean.Toll offers a masterly guide to naval warfare and decision-making in Tokyo and Washington.He captures the brutish, all too often short life on deck and in the foxholes.This is military history at its best.Bring on volume three！
作為托爾“太平洋戰(zhàn)爭史詩三部曲”的第二卷，本書從瓜達爾卡納爾島戰(zhàn)役講起。那是一個太平洋上被血染的彈丸之島。托爾巧妙地將讀者帶入那場海戰(zhàn)，再現(xiàn)了東京、華盛頓方面決策制定的過程。他捕捉記錄了甲板上或掩體里戰(zhàn)士野性又總短暫的生命。這是最好的軍事史。期待第三卷！