History Of United States Naval Operations: Rising Sun in the Pacific 1931

Description: History Of United States Naval Operations: Rising Sun in the Pacific 1931 - 1942. Publisher‎Little Brown; 5th printing. edition (January 1, 1958) Language‎English Hardcover‎411 pages Item Weight‎1.7 pounds Book is in good to very good condition. The jacket is included, but it’s a little tattered around the edges as seen in the photos. Includes tremendous photos and accounts of the events. From a review: At the beginning of the war FDR gave Morison what amounted to a "blank check" to go wherever he wanted to gather materials for a history of the war. During the war, Morison served on some 22 ships and was present at many of the operations he would later write about. As a result of this unparalleled access to the principals on the American side, much of it during the actual war, Morison was able to really put readers inside the minds of the American commanders. Morison also had early access to extensive intelligence debriefings of Japanese officers captured at the end of the war and to the collection of documents that became the United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSSB). Morison tells the story of rising tensions between Japan and the US which finally boils over into the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Also covered in the book is the unending string of Allied defeats in the first 4-5 months of the war; Wake, Guam, Malaysia, the Philippines and the disastrous attempt to defend Java are all covered in all their gruesome glory. After all that unrelieved grimness, the book ends on a high note with Doolittle's raid on Japan.

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