Black Shoe Carrier Admiral: Frank Jack Fletcher at Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:US Naval Institute PressISBN-13:9781591144199ISBN-10:1591144191UPC:9781591144199Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:World War II, NavalSize:9.90 x 7.00 x 1.80 inchesWeight:2.5022Product ID:SCA2A7AS3T
The revisionist work about Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, who won his battles at sea but lost the war of public opinion. A surface warrior, Fletcher led the carrier forces in the Pacific that won against all odds at Coral Sea, Midway, and the Eastern Solomon's. Despite these successes, during the post-war Fletcher had become one of the most controversial figures in U.S. naval history and was portrayed as a timid bungler who failed to relieve Wake Island and who deliberately abandoned the Marines at Guadalcanal.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:US Naval Institute PressISBN-13:9781591144199ISBN-10:1591144191UPC:9781591144199Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:World War II, NavalSize:9.90 x 7.00 x 1.80 inchesWeight:2.5022Product ID:SCA2A7AS3T
John B. Lundstrom is the author of several books on the Pacific War, including The First Team and The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign. He is the recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature, the Hook Contributor's Award and the Admiral Arthur W. Radford Award by the National Aviation Museum. He is a resident of Milwaukee, WI.
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