Historian Ronald H. Spector, drawing on declassified intelligence files, an abundance of British and American archival material, Japanese scholarship and documents, and the research and memoirs of scholars, politicians, and the military men, presents a thrilling narrative of American war in the Pacific. Spector reassesses U.S. and Japanese strategy and offers some provocative interpretations. He shows that the dual advance across the Pacific by...

"This book describes the Pacific War as seen firsthand by one of the Allies' top war correspondents, who observed and often participated in actions on land, sea and air."--Jacket.

One of the towering figures in American naval history, Adm. Raymond A. Spruance was the victor of the battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea and commander of the Fifth Fleet in the invasions of the Gilberts, the Marshalls, the Marianas, and Okinawa. However, due to his reserved, cerebral personality, he remained an elusive figure until this biography which won the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement when originally published.

The struggle between the Empire of Japan and America. As the Japanese thought they were winning the battle, America struck back for the win.