Book Choices

[Skyros]

I am thinking of picking up one of the following, any recommendations on which to avoid?

Fortnight of Infamy: The Collapse of Allied Airpower West of Pearl Harbor (Hardcover)
by John Burton (Author)



Carrier Battles: Command Decision in Harm's Way (Hardcover)
by Douglas V. Smith (Author)



From Mahan to Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States (Hardcover)
by Sadao Asada (Author)



Black Shoe Carrier Admiral: Frank Jack Fletcher at Coral Sea, Midway & Guadalcanal (Hardcover)
by John B. Lundstrom (Author)

[spence]

Somebody or other has read the book about Fletcher and commented favorably on it.
Never heard of the other ones...probably ought to get them all and report to the rest of us.[;)]

[Don Bowen]

I can automatically and enthusiastically recommend anything written by Lundstrom. Well researched, detailed, accurate.

Now, if I just had time to read...

[Yamato hugger]

Every fleet carrier lost in US history was under Jack Fletchers command when it was sunk (yes, including the Wasp -- Fletcher was the area commander at the time).

[jwilkerson]

ORIGINAL: Skyros

I am thinking of picking up one of the following, any recommendations on which to avoid?

Fortnight of Infamy: The Collapse of Allied Airpower West of Pearl Harbor (Hardcover)
by John Burton (Author)



Carrier Battles: Command Decision in Harm's Way (Hardcover)
by Douglas V. Smith (Author)



From Mahan to Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States (Hardcover)
by Sadao Asada (Author)



Black Shoe Carrier Admiral: Frank Jack Fletcher at Coral Sea, Midway & Guadalcanal (Hardcover)
by John B. Lundstrom (Author)

Carrier Battles: Command Decision in Harm's Way (Hardcover)
by Douglas V. Smith (Author)


If IIRC I checked this one out in the library - seemed like just a rehash of everybody else's work ... and not much "data" ... so at least where I'm at - this one didn't offer me anything.

[Skyros]

But he was also in command when six Japanese Carriers were sunk.

ORIGINAL: Yamato hugger

Every fleet carrier lost in US history was under Jack Fletchers command when it was sunk (yes, including the Wasp -- Fletcher was the area commander at the time).

[rogueusmc]

On the book note, I noticed Newt Gingrich wrote a Pearl Harbor book...anyone heard anything about it?

Lee

[kfsnyder]

first time poster long time reader. havent read those. Lundstrum wrote two exelent books on naval air. another good book is Burma, The longest war 1941-1945, by Louis Allen. list oob's for the campaign.