Two-Ocean War

s/t: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World WarThe blazing record of American naval military action during World War II, this book is filled with the gripping accounts of convoy crossings, surprise attacks, and submarine warfare. Fully illustrated with 35 black-and-white photographs and 54 charts and maps of key engagements, from Pearl Harbor to the long war of attrition between submarines and convoys in the Atlantic, through Midway and Guadalcanal, to the invasion of continental Europe, to Okinawa, Leyte, and the final surrender of the Japanese. Dramatizes the strategic arguments that went on between Churchill and King, between MacArthur and Nimitz, as well as highlighting the glory of individual feats of arms. An outstanding contribution to military history. "Morison's work is great, and this summation is a delight." -- The New Yorker.