BALLANTINE'S ILLUSTRATED HISTORY ,CAMPAIGN BOOK #16 "FALL OF THE PHILIPPINES "

Description: Good condition. The editorial team The author Ward Rutherford Ward Rutherford, born in 1927, is one of the few Britons to have first hand experience of life under the Nazis. From 1940 to 1945 he was in the German occupied Channel Islands and was im- prisoned for listening to the BBC. He has since worked as a journalist in newspapers, on his own newsagency and in tele- vision. Editor: David Mason A graduate in English Literature and Philosophy of St John's College Cambridge, David Mason is an author and editor of wide experience. After some years as a news reporter and feature writer in Fleet Street, he entered book publishing to help launch Ballantine's Illustrated Histories, and has written four books in the series. Editor-in-Chief: Barrie Pitt Barrie Pitt, author of 'Zeebrugge', 'St. George's Day 1918', and 'Revenge at Sea'. Contributor to The Encyclopaedia Britannica on I naval warfare; historical con- sultant to The Sunday Times Colour Magazine; Editor of Purnell's History of the Second World War; consultant to the producer of the B.B.C. film series The Great War. Consultant Editor: John Keegan John Keegan was born in London in 1934 and educated at King's College, Taunton, Wimbledon College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he Since 1960 he has been Senior specialised in military history. Lecturer in Military History at the Royal Military Academy, Sand- hurst. He is the author of numerous articles on military history, strategy and international affairs. Art Director: Sarah Kingham Sarah Kingham, who studied at the Hornsey College of Art, London, is now regarded as one of the most original and talented young designers in London publishing. As design editor of Ballantine's Illustrated Histories she has established new stand- ards for the presentation of information in books, based on the close integration of textual and visual material. Consultant Editor: Sydney L. Mayer Sydney L. Mayer, Jr. was born in Chicago in 1937. Educated at the University of Michigan, Yale University and the London School of Economics. He was executive editor of Purnell's History of the Second World War, political consultant to Purnell's History of the First World War. ----------- 2 ----------- 8 12 26 36 48 60 Rumours of War Landings Begin Transports off Lingayen The Emerging Patterns 88 The Capital Occupied 100 Bataan: The First Round 116 The Breathing Space 126 Bataan: The Final Round 76 Crisis Approaches Plans and Decisions The First Acts of War 138 The Impregnable 'Rock' 152 The Last Word 160 Bibliography ----------- 3 ----------- Editor-in-Chief: Barrie Pitt Editor: David Mason Art Director: Sarah Kingham Picture Editor: Robert Hunt Designer: David Allen Cover: Denis Piper Special Drawings: John Batchelor Photographic Research: Jonathan Moore Cartographer: Richard Natkiel ----------- 4 ----------- Photographs for this book were specially selected from the following Archives: from left to right pages 8-9 US Army; 10 US National Archives; 10-13 US Army; 13 Keystone; 14-15 Imperial War Museum; 16 US Army; 16 IWM; 17 US Army; 17 US National Archives; 17 US Army; 22 Keystone; 23 US Marine Corps; 26-27 Keystone; 29 Fuji; 29 US Navy; 33 IWM; 33 Martin Caidin; 34-35 US National Archives; 36-37 Fuji; 38 US Army; 38-39 US Navy; 40 IWM; 41 Fuji; 42-43 Yap; 45-46 US National Archives; 48-49 Yap; 50-51 Fuji; 52-53 US Navy; 52-53 Keystone; 54 US National Archives; 54 US Navy; 54 US Army; 54 US Navy; 56 Keystone; 57 US Army; US National Archives; 60-61 Yap; 62 Fuji; 63 US Army; 66 Yap; 66-67 Keystone; 70-71 Fuji; 70 Keystone; 74 Yap; 76-79 Fuji; 80-81 US Army; 81-83 US National Archives; 84-89 Fuji; 90 Yap; 91-92 Fuji; 93-95 Yap; 96-97 US Marine Corps; 100-101 Fuji; 104 US National Archives; 105 Keystone; 106-107 Yap; 108-113 US Army; 117 Fuji; 120-121 US Army; 122 US National Archives; 122 US Army; 123 Keystone; 126-127 Fuji; 128 Yap; 129 US Army; 130 Keystone; 131 Yap; 131 Keystone; 132 Fuji; 138-145 Yap; 144-145 US Army; 146 US Marines; 146 US National Archives; 142 Yap; 147 Fuji; 148 Yap; 149 US Army; 149 Fuji; 152-153 Keystone; 156 US Airforce; 156-157 US Army; 157-158 Yap; 159 US National Archives; Front cover US Navy; Back cover Keystone The publishers wish to extend special thanks to Dr Diosdado M Yap, Editor-Publisher, Bataan Magazine, Washington DC for his permission to reproduce certain photographs from his collection

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