Table of Contents

1. The Pacific Background 2. Why Japan Gambled 3. The Last Clear Chance 4. The Long Postmortem 5. The Course of Empire 6. Bataan Through Midway 7. The Counterthrust 8. The First Two Days 9. The Battle of Savo Island 10. Settling In 11. Up Against It 12. A Mixed Picture 13. Courage and Ambivalence 14. Medical Issues 15. The End of the Beginning

About the Author

William Bruce Johnson is a New York-based attorney and a professional writer specializing in government policy and its consequences in the middle decades of the twentieth century.

Reviews

" This is a scholarly yet quite readable account of how military strategy prevailed over diplomacy and politics during the period from Pearl Harbor to victory at Guadalcanal. Analysis of pre-war activities--including considerable misinterpretation of intelligence and opposing intentions by Japan and the United States--is especially interesting." --Naval Institute Proceedings