Pacific Sweep: The 5th and 13th Fighter Commands in World War II

by William N. Hess

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385075790
• ISBN13: 9780385075794
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Doubleday & Company
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

History of Army Air Forces in Pacific

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.