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Ships Monthly - July 2023

The big positive of this book is the quantity and quality of the information about the five major actions of the naval war in the Pacific. Full review available at: https://www.clash-of-steel.co.uk/reviews/view/323
Clash of Steel

The book is well researched, drawing on primary sources including after action, official sources and numerous secondary sources...Stern's writing and presentation imparts a freshness to the narrative.
Australian Naval Institute

The first aircraft carriers made their appearance in the early years of World War I. These first flattops were improvised affairs built on hulls that had been laid down with other purposes in mind, and it was not until the 1920s that the first purpose-built carriers were launched, but no-one was as yet clear about the role of the carriers and they were largely unloved by the 'battleship admirals' who still believed that their great dreadnoughts were the ultimate capital ships. World War II changed all that. The carrier, and naval aviation, thus emerged into the post-war world as the primary symbol and instrument of seapower; it would play a crucial role in the strategic encirclement of the Soviet Union and enabled western airpower to be rapidly and effectively deployed in areas of conflict as remote as Korea, Vietnam, the Falklands and the Gulf. Kaplan describes the adventure of the young American, British, and Japanese naval aviators in the Second World War. It is an account of their.. Read more
The Pegasus Archive

A comprehensive and detailed account that takes the reader from the early development through wartime deployment in the words of the past century's greatest naval and marine aviators.
Naval Historical Foundation