This epic trilogy delves into the heart of history's largest naval conflict, unraveling the complexities of the Pacific War with unwavering detail. It explores the brutal campaigns, heroic sacrifices, and the human cost paid during this global clash. The author delivers a gripping narrative that brings to life the dramatic moments and untold stories from this pivotal period in world history.
Draws on eyewitness accounts and primary sources to describe the first months of World War II in the Pacific, after the U.S. Navy suffered the worst defeat in its history at Pearl Harbor.
"This ... history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War--the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944--when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a 'conquering tide, ' concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas. It was the largest, bloodiest, most costly, most technically innovative and logistically complicated amphibious war in history, and it fostered bitter interservice rivalries, leaving wounds that even victory could not heal"--Dust jacket flap