TO THE END OF THE EARTH The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945
By John C. McManus, 448 pp. Dutton Caliber, 2023. $35.
WITH HIS NEW BOOK, historian John C. McManus has crafted an exhilarating conclusion to his trilogy about the American army’s role in winning World War II in the Pacific.
The first volume, traced the army’s role from 1941 through 1943, from the attack on Pearl Harbor through Guadalcanal and New Guinea. The sequel, examined the
