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Near Fine. No Jacket. Large 8vo xxviii, 411 pp, preface, abbreviations used in text, list of b&w illustrations, PART I. PANAY THROUGH PEARL: I. Hakko Ichiu, 1920-1940; II. The Two Navies, 1931-1941; III. Greater East Asia, 1938-1940; IV. Last Year of "Peace" in East Asia, October 1940-November 1941; V. The Attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. PART II. THE PHILIPPINES AND NEAR-BY WATERS: VI. The Rising Cloud, 1940-1941; VII. Invasion, 8-25 December 1941; VIII. Fall of Guam, 10 December 1941; IX. Landings in Malaya, 8-25 December 1941; X. Rear Guard in the Philipines, 10 December 1941-6 May 1942. PART III. OUT FROM PEARL: XI. Pearl Aftermath, 7-15 December 1941; XII. Wake, 8-23 December 1941; XIII. Communications and Carrier Strikes, January-March 1942. PART IV. DEFENSE OF THE MALAY BARRIER JANUARY-MARCH 1942: XIV. The Abda Command; XV. Balikpapan, 6-24 January 1942; XVI. the Octopus, January-February 1942; XVII. Prelude to Invasion of Java, 15-27 February 1942; XVIII. The Battle of the Java Sea, 27 February 1942; XIX. Bloody Sequel, 27 February-9 March 1942; XX. Events in the Indian Ocean, 25 March-8 April 1942; XXI. First Light, 10 March-18 April 1942; index. Reprinted, May 1951. Only the faintest wear, else, Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine.
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Good. in No jacket. Ex-library hardcover (usual stamps, stickers) in overall clean, sound condition with light wear to blue cloth cover (a few mild scratches); NO dust jacket; interior very good-pages crisp, white, appear unmarked; illustrated with photos, charts, maps (several of these are fold-out, all in very good condition); 297 pgs. including (3) Appendices (Allied Ships Sunk in Operation "Torch" ~ Western Naval Task Force: Expenditure of Ammunition ~ Summary of Beginning Action) and Index; very nice, just no jacket; published by Little, Brown, 1950, An Atlantic Monthly Press Book; "The present volume is numbered II in the series, although the first to appear as it was the first begun..." This Vol. II is a Revised Edition and was published before Vol. I; full title: "History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: Volume II, Operations in North African Waters, October 1942-June 1943" (see picture of my book within this description)
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Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. front end paper taped. 375 p. Includes: illustrations, maps, index. The struggle for Guadalcanal August 1942-February 1943
I originally read the hardback volume in the 1960s. This one is an updated volume containing the few corrections that needed to be made as research since the original volume was published. Great for those who love and take history seriously.
busterboy
Jul 19, 2007
history of US naval ops WWII
If you are into WWII naval history this is the ultimate along with the other volumes in the series.
gsoko
May 17, 2007
Navel Operations WWII
This is a 15 vol. set of books. Its has always been one of my favorites . Read it as a 10 year old. rereading it at 61 .
