Title: Combat command; the American aircraft carriers in the Pacific war.
Authors: Sherman, Frederick C.
Publisher: Dutton,
Year: 1950
Subjects: Aircraft carriers.; World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American.; World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American.; World War, 1939-1945 Pacific Ocean.
Contents: The Stage is Set -- Pearl Harbor -- Defeat, Retreat and Frustration -- Molding the Team -- The Battle of the Coral Sea -- The Battle of Midway -- Stalemate -- Limited Offensive for Guadalcanal -- The Tide Turns: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville -- The Rising Tide -- The Gilberts and Marshalls -- Seven League Boots: The First Battle of the Phillipine Sea - Saipan, Tinian, Guam -- The Palaus -- Sweeping the Seas: The Carriers Close in -- Leyte and the Battle for Leyte Gulf -- Masters of the Pacific -- Iwo Jima -- Okinawa and the Fleet that Came to Stay -- Bombing Japan -- The Surrender at Tokyo -- Index.