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Battleground Study Guide & Plot Synopsis

This Study Guide consists of approximately 55 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Battleground.
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Battleground Summary & Study Guide Description

Battleground Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:

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Battleground, by W. E. B. Griffin, is the fourth novel in a series called The Corps, referring to the Marine Corps of the United States of America. This novel concentrates on the actions of several fictional characters as they are brought together in the South Pacific battleground of World War II from June to August of 1942. The main character is Captain Fleming Pickering, who holds a unique status in the Navy during this war, having been a Marine in WWI. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox has assigned Pickering the job of gathering the truth about what is happening in the war so he can compare that to the reports from the field he is receiving from his admirals.

This novel of the series concerns the sequence of events for each character covering the short months between the Midway Island fight and the...
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