Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780385075794
ISBN number: 0385075790
Label: Doubleday
Manufacturer: Doubleday
Page Count: 278
Printing Date: 1974
Publishing house: Doubleday
Sale Popularity Level: 2000228
Studio: Doubleday
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This book covers World War 2 in the Pacific from the view of the Army Air Forces. Although it sometimes is as dry to read as a history text, the anecdotes of the feats of the pilots lead the reader to believe that the advantage of the American pilots in the air was team tactics and using the equipment on hand correctly. For the WWII history buff who generally sees the war in the Picific as a war of carriers, this book gives an additional point of reference to consider. The war in the Pacific is covered chronologically, but events of import of the war at sea are given less space due to the Army perspective (the Battle of Midway only recieved a page and a half, whereas the ambush of Admiral Yamamoto received much more). A bonus of the book is an annex which is a tactics manual written by the second highest scoring ace, Thomas P. McGuire.
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