Titans of the Seas; The Development and Operations of Japanese and American Carrier Task Forces During World War II

Two Naval Historians Follow Carrier Warfare In The Pacific Through Coral Sea, Midway, Easter Solomons, Santa Cruz And The Climatic Battle Of The Philippine Sea, June 1944. Pearl Harbor -- Sticks, Wires, And Former Battle Cruisers -- American, Japanese, And British Naval Air Power -- Sledgehammer At Rabaul -- Riposte In The Marshalls -- Darwin, Marcus, New Guinea -- Ceylon And Tokyo -- The Coral Sea -- Midway : The Battle Joined -- Midway : Climax And Pursuit -- The Eastern Solomons -- Santa Cruz -- Then There Was One -- Finale At Guadalcanal -- New Georgia And Points North -- The New Fast Carriers -- Makee Learn -- Rabaul Interlusde -- Tarawa And Makin -- The Marshalls And Truk -- The Carolines And Hollandia -- Operation A Go -- Operation Forager -- Mitscher Spruance, Ozawa -- The Marianas Turkey Shoot -- Battle In The Philippine Sea -- Attack At Sundown -- Landing By Night. James H. Belote, William M. Belote. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 305-322.