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While the subject of quite a number of books, the Battle of the Coral Sea has found in Stern, this generation's master storyteller. His research into sources on both sides is exhaustive and he has used Japanese translators where necessary and appropriate to best illuminate materials. His effort has taken years of meticulous scholarship and it shows. At the same time, the general reader will enjoy and benefit from this account of the U.S. Navy's first serious battle of the Pacific War as much as the professional scholar. Highly recommended.

-- Lisle A. Rose * The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord *

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The Reckless Bet
2. Reprisal Raids
3. Setting the Scene
4. Opening Moves—2-6 May 1942
5. Seconds Out—7 May 1942
6. The Main Event—8 May 1942
7. Assessment and Withdrawal—8-11 May 1942
8. Aftermath
Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher Indiana University Press
      Published 14 May 2019
      ISBN-13 9780253039293
      978-0253039293
      ISBN-10 0253039290

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      While the subject of quite a number of books, the Battle of the Coral Sea has found in Stern, this generation's master storyteller. His research into sources on both sides is exhaustive and he has used Japanese translators where necessary and appropriate to best illuminate materials. His effort has taken years of meticulous scholarship and it shows. At the same time, the general reader will enjoy and benefit from this account of the U.S. Navy's first serious battle of the Pacific War as much as the professional scholar. Highly recommended.

      -- Lisle A. Rose * The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. The Reckless Bet
      2. Reprisal Raids
      3. Setting the Scene
      4. Opening Moves—2-6 May 1942
      5. Seconds Out—7 May 1942
      6. The Main Event—8 May 1942
      7. Assessment and Withdrawal—8-11 May 1942
      8. Aftermath
      Appendixes
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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