Pacific Crucible War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 [Paperback]

An entertaining, impressively researched chronicle of the tense period between the bombing of Pearl Harbor and American victory at the battle of Midway.Revealing and poignant, Tolls latest deftly navigates the rough waters of the Pacific struggle with flying colors.Excellent. The research is thorough, the writing clear, and the narrative flow exemplary&It is difficult to think of a recent book on this subject that is of such consistently outstanding value.Well documentedalbeit from previously published materialsand well written. Experienced World War II history buffs may bypass if they feel no need to read another retelling of this phase of the Pacific War, but nonspecialists and general readers will want to consider it.Tolls book does a good job of capturing strategy, tactics, weaponry and, especially, people, on the Japanese side as well as the American&You wont set [Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction