Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa

Naval War College Review | January 1, 1997| | Copyright

Alexander, Joseph H. Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1995. 328pp. $29.95

This is a history book that focuses exclusively on one tactical engagement in November 1943. In and of itself, that is not unusual; there have been numerous histories written about specific battles. Gettysburg, for example, was a three-day battle that has been the subject of several books.

What makes this book unusual is that its academic quality (its balanced and exhaustive treatment of the subject, set precisely within the context of the overarching strategic and ...

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