03095cam a2200469 4500 598440022 TxAuBib 20220602120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781612349183 1612349188 B01M2AQAMY Amazon 2b00f020-bf46-41ce-ab12-ee3de75d4ed6 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3321894 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Kehn, Donald M. In the Highest Degree Tragic [Libby] : The Sacrifice of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet in the East Indies during World War II. Potomac Books, 2017. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 4277kB. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 4277kB. Military History. War in the Pacific. East Indies Campaign. dutch east indies. World War Two. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Second World War. World War II. Battle of the Java Sea. US Asiatic Fleet. Battle of Badoeng Strait. naval history. Philippines. HTML:<p>In the Highest Degree Tragic tells the heroic story of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet's sacrifice defending the Dutch East Indies from the Japanese in the first three months of the Pacific War. Donald M. Kehn Jr.'s comprehensive narrative history of the operations involving multiple ships and thousands of men dramatically depicts the chaotic nature of these battles. His research has uncovered evidence of &#160;communications failures, vessels sinking hundreds of miles from where they had been reported lost, and entire complements of men simply disappearing off the face of the earth. Kehn notes that much of the fleet went down with guns blazing and flag flying, highlighting, where many others have failed to do so, the political and strategic reasons for the fleet's deployment to the region in the first place. In the Highest Degree Tragic rectifies the historical record, showcasing how brave yet all-too-human sailors and officers carried out their harrowing tasks.&#160;Containing rare first-person accounts and anecdotes, from the highest command echelons down to the lowest enlisted personnel, Kehn's book is the most comprehensive and exhaustive study to date of this important part of American involvement in World War II. &#160; &#160;</p>. Nonfiction. Military. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-31 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2b00f020-bf46-41ce-ab12-ee3de75d4ed6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2b00f020-bf46-41ce-ab12-ee3de75d4ed6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2b00f020-bf46-41ce-ab12-ee3de75d4ed6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)