On May 7 and 8, 1942, fast carrier task forces from the United States and Imperial Japanese navies met in combat for the first time in the Battle of the Coral Sea. A strategic victory for the U.S. in spite of the loss of the carrier Lexington, the destroyer Sims and the fleet oiler Neosho, the battle blunted the Japanese drive on Port Moresby, a valuable Allied air and naval base controlling the western Coral Sea and northern Australia. John B. Lundstrom offers a detailed analysis of the fundamental strategies employed by ...
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On May 7 and 8, 1942, fast carrier task forces from the United States and Imperial Japanese navies met in combat for the first time in the Battle of the Coral Sea. A strategic victory for the U.S. in spite of the loss of the carrier Lexington, the destroyer Sims and the fleet oiler Neosho, the battle blunted the Japanese drive on Port Moresby, a valuable Allied air and naval base controlling the western Coral Sea and northern Australia. John B. Lundstrom offers a detailed analysis of the fundamental strategies employed by Japan and the U.S. in the South Pacific from January to June 1942, including Japanese equivocation regarding advances in the South Pacific and the vigorous actions of Admiral Ernest J. King to reinforce the area in spite of the presidential decision to concentrate American efforts on Europe and the problem of Germany. Writing in a clear, concise, and readable style, Lundstrom combines strategic insight and careful scholarship with previously untapped source materials to present a book that provides a superb overview of the first six months of the naval war in the South Pacific. First published in 1976, The First South Pacific Campaign is essential reading for a full understanding of the Pacific Fleet's strategy before the Battle of Midway.
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Very good(-) in very good(-) jacket. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. dampstained, small light dampstain to several top margins. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (1976).
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9 x 6, red cloth, 240 pp with index, covers lightly rubbed, minor water stain to bottom of spine of book and dust jacket, hinges loose, large instamps from former owner on endpapers and title page, edges of text block with some light spotting, in rubbed dust jacket.
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Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Pacific Fleet Strategy December 1941-June 1942. 240 pp. 8vo. Cloth in dj. Wear to dj edges, bumping to corners and sp. head w/ few sm. tears. Bumping to book spine foot, tiny tear to cloth on inside of rear lower edge. Bookplate to fpd.
