On May 7 and 8; 1942; fast carrier task forces from the United States and Imperial Japanese met in combat for the first time in the Battle of the Coral Sea. A strategic victory for the U.S. despite the loss of the carrier Lexington; the battle blunted the Japanese drive on Port Moresby; a valuable Allied air base on the island of New Guinea. Lundstrom offers a detailed analysis of the fundamental strategies employed by Japan and the U.S. in the South Pacific from January to June 1942; the efforts of Adm. Ernest J. King to reinforce the area in spite of Roosevelt’s Europe First grand strategy and Adm. Chester Nimitz's aggressive plans to fight in the Coral Sea. Now in paperback; The First Pacific Campaign provides a superb overview of the crucial first six months of the naval war in the South Pacific.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. As if to confirm Hanna Arendt.By SenecaRudolf Hoess; the commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp; was probably responsible for more deaths than any other person in history. He was neither very well educated nor a very good writer; reading him; one should not expect either fanfare or sentimentality. Like other Nazis who wrote their memoirs; the man may have hated Jews more than he cares to admit. On the whole; though; he confirms Hanna Arendt's thesis concerning the banality of evil.I would have given the book four stars. But how does one "like" a book by such a person?0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This is a chilling account of Auschwitz in the Commandant's ...By WayneThis is a chilling account of Auschwitz in the Commandant's own words. His rather lengthy and self-serving memoirs that he wrote while awaiting execution have been masterfully edited down into this very readable and engaging little book. It provides unique insights into the mind of a senior Nazi leader who led the largest death camp in the world. I could not put it down.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Horrific and riveting.By Steven DuretteA dive inside the mind of the man tasked with wholesale slaughter. Written with a tragic; yet matter of fact and unapologetic tone- this work; though short will leave a mark upon the reader's psyche.
