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Corregidor in Peace and War
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Manufacturer: University of Missouri Press
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 358.167095991
EAN: 9780826217127
ISBN: 0826217125
Label: University of Missouri Press
Manufacturer: University of Missouri Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: 2007-06-16
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date: 2007-05-15
Studio: University of Missouri Press
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A picturesque island strategically located at the entrance of Manila Bay, Corregidor has had military significance since the days of the Spanish galleon trade. Although its dramatic role in the defense of the Philippines during World War II is well documented, relatively little is known about its history apart from military involvement. This richly illustrated book tells the story of the island and sheds new light on the geopolitical forces that shaped its destiny. More than 150 illustrations include maps and photos from both the Spanish and American periods up to the present day, and the accompanying text provides a guided tour that captures the natural beauty of an island once enjoyed by early residents but subsequently decimated by cannon fire and aerial bombardment.
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Summary: An absorbing contribution to Filipino history
Comment: Corregidor in Peace and War is the remarkable true history of Corregidor, a beautiful island located at the entrance of Manila Bay, and best known for its crucial role in the defense of the Philippines during World War II. Chronicling Corregidor's story from when Ferdinand Magellan claimed the Philippines for Spain to modern developments after World War II, Corregidor in Peace and War is peppered throughout with more than 150 illustrations, including an amazing gallery of black-and-white and color photography. Written to appeal to readers of all backgrounds, Corregidor in Peace and War is an absorbing contribution to Filipino history and deserves recognition for telling the oft-overlooked side of Corregidor's story.
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Summary: Many Excellent Photos
Comment: I give this book 5 stars for it's many photos. There are many excellent 7x9 inch full page color glossy photos and many nice B&W photos from WWII and earlier. Also nice color reproductions of paintings, illustrations, and maps from the 1800s and the turn of the century. I think it's a beautiful book. I like that the book starts out with historical background info, but the keeps the bulk of it's focus on WWII and the prior US fortification of the Island. If you're interested in Corregidor I'd highly recommend this book along with Corregidor: The American Alamo of World War II by Eric Morris. Gene.
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Summary: CD Journal - Bolling Smith's Review of "Corregidor in Peace and War"
Comment: Corregidor in Peace and War
By Charles M. Hubbard & Collis H. Davis, Jr.
HB, 216 pp. 53 color and 115 B&W illustrations. University of Missouri Press,2006. ISBN 9780826217127.
The purpose of this book entirely escapes me. It is not large enough to be a coffee-table book, although it is largely filled with illustrations. It presents something of a brief history of Corregidor, but that can hardly be taken seriously, and it would seem too expensive to be a souvenir.
The illustrations, largely period photographs interspersed with current color views of the island, are large and attractive, but other than size, offer nothing really new, except perhaps more Japanese propaganda photos than are commonly seen. Perhaps a better strategy would have been to limit the book to illustrations, omitting the text entirely.
The text is, sadly, a disaster. It best resembles a paper written late the night before it was due, by a high school student devoid of any knowledge of the subject. To cap it off, it is not particularly well written, and shows no signs of having been edited at all.
The book is overflowing with errors, many of which are contradicted elsewhere in the same book. Even an hour spent on the Internet would have caught many of the mistakes. A complete list would be tiresome and far too lengthy, but some of the more glaring, or amusing, include: p. 46 ("Arthur Douglas MacArthur, who in 1944 would attain the rank of general of the army"), p. 53 ("Buffington-Crocier Disappearing Carriage" and "on Corregidor, the primary artillery consisted of fourteen-inch and ten-inch breech-loading rifle cannons"), p. 82 ("battery Crockett boasted two 10-inch guns"), p. 54 ("Fort Drum on El Fraile Island . . . had two custom-built fourteen-inch guns"), and p. 86 ["203 mm (9.4-inch howitzers)]. [Emphasis added] By comparison, confusing the GPF 155 mm gun with the Schneider howitzer of the same size (pp. 88-89), and referring to U.S. 150 mm guns (p. 109) are minor errors.
There is no bibliography, but the endnotes show no real effort to consult the National Archives, or even the Belotes' 1967 standard, Corregidor: The Saga of a Fortress. McGovern and Berhow's 2003 Osprey volume is cited several times, but, sadly, they seem to have only skimmed it. (On p. 137, they list Herbert Markland as a member of Battery Geary's crew.)
This is indeed a baffling book. Even a cursory review would have disclosed the internal inconsistencies, if not the more substantial errors of fact and interpretation. Why this book was written, why it was published, and most of all, why anyone would buy it, remains a mystery.
Bolling Smith
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