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When They Woke the Sleeping Giant For America, World War II started and ended in the Pacific Theater, with the largest naval war in history—a war that changed the course of the world. World War II: The Pacific Theater—produced by The Great Courses in partnership with HISTORY®—takes you into the sweeping story of the American fight against Japan. Taught by Professor Emeritus of History Craig L. Symonds, a distinguished military historian at the US Naval Academy, these 24 vivid lectures chronicle the global trajectory of the war in the Pacific: the epic battles, the military strategy and tactics, the leaders and commanders, the amphibious landings, the air attacks, and the submarine campaigns. You’ll be transported to the rolling seas of the Pacific, into the jungles of Guadalcanal and the Philippines, and across the sands of Iwo Jima to gain an in-depth understanding of this astonishing war from a unique and often overlooked perspective. 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More than just a beautifully illustrated action sequence, the poem was now a thematic clash between wrath and honor as heroes stared down their fates on the battlefield. I revisited The Iliad in preparation for this month’s cover story. This time the epic was more than just a story. It was a window through which one could view ancient Greece to examine what was important during that time. To which objects is the author devoting time and attention? What qualities are embodied by his heroes? Through this lens, The Iliad becomes a valuable primary document, one that has survived for millennia because of its ability to engage, to give historians valuable perspective into the past. EXECUTIVE EDITOR AMY E. BRIGGS Deputy Editor JULIUS PURCELL Editorial Consultants JOSEP MARIA CASALS (Managing Editor, Historia magazine), IÑAKI DE LA FUENTE (Art Director, Historia magazine) VICTOR LLORET BLACKBURN (Editorial consultant and contributor) Design Editor FRANCISCO ORDUÑA Photography Editor MERITXELL CASANOVAS Contributors ADAM ISENBERG, BRADEN PHILLIPS, SEAN PHILPOTTS, SARAH PRESANT-COLLINS, THEODORE A. SICKLEY, JANE SUNDERLAND, ROSEMARY WARDLEY VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER JOHN MACKETHAN Publishing Directors senior vice president, national geographic partners YULIA P. BOYLE deputy managing editor, national geographic magazine AMY KOLCZAK publisher, national geographic books LISA THOMAS Advertising ROB BYRNES Consumer Marketing and Planning ANDREW DIAMOND, KEVIN FOWLER, SUZANNE MACKAY, KATHERINE M. 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