Continuing the story of the Pacific war, "The Conquering Tide" covers the period from June 1942 to June 1944, a time frame that starts with the fighting during the Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, and New Guinea campaigns, continues into the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign and ends with the dramatic Japanese defeats during the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign and the Battle of the Philippine Sea, which sets the stage for the final phase of the war in the approach to and on the Japanese home islands. In writing about the scope of the subject covered in "The Conquering Tide", the Dallas Morning News review states,