The Second World War in the Far East (Smithsonian History of Warfare)

The war between Japan and the Allied powers brought irrevocable change to international politics and ushered in the uncertainty of the nuclear age. The aircraft carrier became the new "capital ship," and naval actions took place in which the rival warships never made visual contact. Historian H.P. Wilmott describes some of the most dramatic actions ever played out in military history, accompanied by specially commissioned battle maps and gripping photographs.