Old Friends, New Enemies: The Royal Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy: Volume 2: The Pacific War 1942-1945: The Pacific War, 1942-45 Vol 2 by Arthur J. Marder, Mark Jacobsen & John Horsfield available soon at the wonderful BookLovers of Bath web site!
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992, Hardback in dust wrapper.
Illustrated by way of: Appendix; Black & White Photographs; Maps; Tables; Portrait to the frontispiece;
From the cover: This first scholarly account of the Royal Navy in the Pacific War is a companion volume to Arthur Marders Old Friends, New Enemies: Strategic Illusions, 1936-1941. Picking up the story at the nadir of British naval fortunes everywhere weak and naked , in Churchills phrase it examines the Royal Navys role in events from 1942 to the Japanese surrender in August 1945.
Drawing on both British and Japanese sources and personal accounts by participants, the authors vividly retell the story of the collapse of Allied defences in the Dutch East Indies, culminating in the Battle of the Java Sea. They recount the attempts of the fighting admiral, Sir James Somerville, to train his motley fleet of cast-offs into an efficient fighting force in spite of the reluctance of Churchill, who resisted the formation of a full-scale British Pacific Fleet until the 1945 assault on the Ryukyu Islands immediately south of Japan.
Meticulously researched and fully referenced, this unique and absorbing account provides a controversial analysis of the key personalities who shaped events in these momentous years, and makes fascinating reading for anyone interested in the Pacific War.
Very Good in Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper with a nick to the head of the upper panel and faded at the spine. Text complete, clean and tight.
Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XXX] 621 pages. Bibliography. 8¾” x 5¾”.
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