average history without adequate mapping, which is not as important as usual due to the restricted nature of the battlefield. There is one superior map which shows the first invasion of December, 11,1941 which shows the movement of Japanese ships, smokescreen, hits on the Japanese fleet and the ships sunk, which proved enlightening. Cunningham's legal struggle seems out of the jurisdiction of this work, but the chapter on the survivors is different and a plus. The books as written is anti-climatic with knowing the surrender is coming, with no dynamic tension. My first and last take is that the Americans surrendered too soon, with very little strategic insight. The Americans had actually started to win in some parts of the field. ( )