When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat.

WORLD WAR II AT SEA: A Global History. By Craig L. Symonds. Oxford University Press. 792 pages. $34.95 In his new book “World War II at Sea,” historian Craig L. Symonds has crafted an immensely ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Ian W. Toll VICTORY AT SEA Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II ...

If you want to follow, minute by minute, five of the major engagements of World War II in the Pacific as recorded by the British, then this is the book for you. The account of each engagement is drawn ...

(WHTM) — It was the first sea battle in history where the warships never saw each other. The battle of the Coral Sea would be fought almost entirely by airplanes launched from aircraft carriers. As ...