The Pacific War Trilogy Explained

The Pacific War Trilogy
Author:	Ian W. Toll
Audio Read By:	Grover Gardner and P. J. Ochlan
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	History
Publisher:	W. W. Norton & Company
Pub Date:	2011, 2015 and 2020
Media Type:	Print, Kindle, Audiobook
Website:	W. W. Norton & Company

The Pacific War Trilogy is a three-volume history of the war in the Pacific, written by author^{[1] [2]} and military historian Ian W. Toll. The series was published by W. W. Norton & Company. Toll is a graduate of St George's School in Middletown, Rhode Island. In 1989, he received an undergraduate degree in American history from Georgetown University; in 1995 he received a master's degree in public policy from Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.^[3]

Book series

The Pacific Crucible

is the first volume in the Pacific War trilogy. The book is a narrative history of the opening phase of the Pacific War, which took place in the eastern Pacific between the Allies and the Empire of Japan. It was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2011 (hardcover and Kindle) and 2012 (paperback). It was released as an audiobook narrated by Grover Gardner by Audible Studios in 2011.^{[4] [5] [6]} The book was the winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction in 2012.^[7]

• 640 pp. (hardcover) ; Pacific Crucible at W. W. Norton.
• 22 hrs and 6 mins (audiobook); Pacific Crucible at Audible Studios.

The Conquering Tide

is the second volume in the Pacific War trilogy. The book is a narrative history of the middle phase of the Pacific War, which took place in the central and southern Pacific between the Allies and the Empire of Japan. It was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2015 (hardcover and Kindle) and 2016 (paperback). It was released as an audiobook narrated by P. J. Ochlan by Recorded Books in 2015.^{[8] [9] [10]} The book was a New York Times best selling non-fiction book.^[11]

• 656 pp. (hardcover), ; The Conquering Tide at W. W. Norton.
• 27 hours and 22 minutes (audiobook); The Conquering Tide at Recorded Books.

Twilight of the Gods

is the third and final volume in the Pacific War trilogy. The book is a narrative history of the final phase of the Pacific War, which took place in the western Pacific between the Allies and the Empire of Japan. It was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2020 (hardcover and Kindle). It was also released as an audiobook narrated by P. J. Ochlan by Recorded Books in 2020.^{[12] [13] [14]} The book was a New York Times best selling non-fiction book.^[15]

• 944 pp. (hardcover), ; Twilight of the Gods at W. W. Norton.
• 36 hours and 46 minutes (audiobook); Twilight of the Gods at Recorded Books.

See also

• Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
• South West Pacific Area (command)

Further reading

• Beevor, A. (2014). The Second World War. London: Orion.
• Hastings, M. (2011). Inferno: The World at War, 1939–1945. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
• Morison, S. E. (2001). History of United States Naval Operations in World War II (15 Volumes). The United States Navy's official history of World War Two.
• Roberts, A. (2011). The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War. New York: HarperCollins.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Best Sellers/Hardcover Nonfiction. October 11, 2015. The New York Times . 2016-12-31.
2. Web site: Hardcover Nonfiction Books Best Sellers: Twilight of the Gods . The New York Times . September 20, 2020 . September 20, 2020.
3. Web site: Ian W. Toll: Six Frigates . Pritzker Military Museum & Library.
4. Web site: Pacific Crucible . W. W. Norton & Company . September 13, 2020.
5. Web site: In the Air, On the Sea: Book Review of Pacific Crucible by Ian W. Toll . Michael Beschloss . November 25, 2011 . The New York Times . September 12, 2020 .
6. Web site: Book Review: Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942 . Rear Admiral Richard Gentz . 2012 . Naval Historical Foundation . September 13, 2020 .
7. Web site: 31st Annual Northern California Book Awards . Poetryflash.org . September 13, 2020.
8. Web site: The Conquering Tide . W. W. Norton & Company . September 13, 2020.
9. Web site: The Grueling Archipelago . Jordan, J. W. . October 2, 2015 . The Wall Street Journal . September 13, 2020 .
10. Web site: Book Review: The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 . Staff writer . September 25, 2015 . The Dallas Morning News . September 15, 2020 .
11. Web site: The Conquering Tide . . Penguin Random House . September 14, 2020.
12. Web site: Twilight of the Gods . W. W. Norton & Company . September 13, 2020.
13. Web site: How the U.S. Won the War Against Japan: Book Review of Twilight of the Gods . Perry, M. . August 28, 2020 . The New York Times . September 19, 2020 .
14. Web site: Book Review: Twilight of the Gods: The magisterial final volume of Ian W. Toll's Pacific War trilogy . Jamieson, W. . September 1, 2020 . Book & Film Globe . September 17, 2020 .
15. Web site: Hardcover Nonfiction Books Best Sellers: Twilight of the Gods . The New York Times . September 20, 2020 . September 20, 2020.