Japanese Carriers and Victory in the Pacific

MARTIN STANSFIELD

An island-based and sea-going power like Japan relied on the

Imperial Navy to project power across the Pacific, but was it building battleships when the war at sea in WWII would be decided by aircraft carriers? That's one of the lines of interest in this look at the Japanese production effort, both before and during WWII. However, it is placed in context with what was going on, largely in the clashes with the Americans. It has the feel of a research paper that ended up being a book, so one for Pacific historians only. ■

• Pen and Sword

•ISBN 978-1-3990-1011-5

• 232 pages • Hardback • £25