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While the resounding American victory at Midway in June 1942 blunted Japanese momentum to a great extent, it left the opposing forces precariously balanced, particularly in the South Pacific. In Knife's Edge Robert C. Stern provides an account of the Battles of the Eastern Solomons and the Santa Cruz Islands, the two pivotal carrier air battles that followed the initial engagements at the Coral Sea and Midway between the U.S. Navy and the Impe...

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This title recounts some of the most significant, spectacular or unusual actions in the history of destroyer warfare, from the first employment of torpedo craft during the Russo-Japanese War to the recent terrorist attack on USS Cole.

By the beginning of May 1942, five months after the Pearl Harbor attack, the US Navy was ready to challenge the Japanese moves in the South Pacific. When the Japanese sent troops to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, the Americans sent the carriers Lexington and Yorktown to counter the move, setting the stage for the Battle of the Coral Sea.In Scratch One Flattop: The First Carrier Air Campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea, historian Rober...

The naval treaties and capital ship design. With over 150 photographs, plans and diagrams is this new angle on the ever-popular history of capital ships.

From their inception, submarines have been hunters, and for much of their history they have been extremely difficult to counter. This book chronicles some of the most significant of submarine clashes, from primitive beginnings to the dangerous, high-tech cat-and-mouse games of the Cold War era familiar from movies like "The Hunt for Red October".

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A well-written account of some of the most dramatic sea battles of World War 2. Analysis of the technical factors determining the outcomes.

First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Seaforth Publishing"--T.p. verso.