Fire in the Sky 
Subtitle: The Air War in the South Pacific
Publisher: Westview Pr (Trd)
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 723
ISBN-13: 9780813329857
Subjects: Air forces & warfare; Aircraft: general interest; Asian history: Vietnam War; Australasian & Pacific history: Second World War; History of engineering & technology; Second World War, 1939-1945; Military - Aviation; Military Aircraft - World War II; Military Tactics And Strategy; History; History - Military / War; History: World; South Pacific; TEC025000; TEC; HIS; HIS027100; Military - World War II; World War, 1939-1945; Military Science; Aerial operations; Campaigns; History, Military; Oceania
First sentence: To understand the air-base networks that developed in the South Pacific and the war that was fought from them, it is important to make some basic observations concerning factors that made the theater unique.