{"product_id":"9781472822451","title":"Rabaul 1943-44: Reducing Japan's great island fortress","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies' path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Rabaul, or starve the 100,000-strong garrison out. Instead the US began an innovative, hard-fought two-year air campaign to draw its teeth, and allow them to bypass the island completely. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe struggle decided more than the fate of Rabaul. If successful, the Allies would demonstrate a new form of warfare, where air power, with a judicious use of naval and land forces, would eliminate the need to occupy a ground objective in order to control it. As it turned out, the Siege of Rabaul proved to be more just than a successful demonstration of air power--it provided the roadmap for the rest of World War II in the Pacific.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144414740720,"sku":"9781472822451","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472822451_p0.jpg?v=1763599078","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472822451","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}