Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

by Ian W. Toll

Book Overview

On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss, a blow that destroyed the offensive power of their fleet. Pacific Crucible--through a dramatic narrative relying predominantly on primary sources and eyewitness accounts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393343413
• ISBN13: 9780393343410
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"