James D. Hornfischer Ordre des livres

This action-filled narrative highlights the pivotal role of the U.S. Navy during the early Cold War years. Following World War II, the Navy sends its sailors home and decommissions many ships, but this brief period of peace quickly ends as Stalin makes aggressive moves in Europe and the Far East. Winston Churchill's declaration of "the Iron Curtain" underscores the Communist threat, prompting the establishment of the Truman Doctrine to contain Communism through military bases worldwide. Against this backdrop, the Navy's postwar significance rises through a series of thrilling episodes: A-bomb tests on warships at Bikini Island, advancements in undersea warfare and sonar technology, the Korean War as a test of naval might, and the evolution of a modern Navy with game-changing cruisers and nuclear submarines. Key events include the sinking of the USS Cochino in the Norwegian Sea and the USS Nautilus's groundbreaking underwater journey beneath the North Pole. The narrative unfolds with riveting detail, illustrating the Cold War at sea as a crucial chapter in America's effort to safeguard the free world.

Here is the extraordinary story of the most consequential campaign of the Pacific War- the U.S. Fifth Fleet's seizure of the Marianas, a relentless deployment of overwhelming force on air, land, and sea that opened the path to total victory over Japan and established a new state of the art in warfare- the first use of the forerunners of today's SEALs; the emergence of massive cross-hemispheric expeditionary operations; the flowering of American naval aviation and carrier power; and the secret training of Marianas-based air crews who would first unleash nuclear fire. From the epic seaborne invasion of Saipan, to the stunning aerial battles of the Marianas Turkey Shoot, to the grinding combat ashore and the devastating bombing campaign that culminated with Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Marianas were the fulcrum of the Pacific, a kaleidoscope of valor, drama, and tragedy. Story Locale- The Marianas, Central Pacific, 1944

Describes the loss of the cruiser U.S.S. Houston during the early days of World War II in the Pacific and the fate of the warship's surviving crew, who were captured by the Japanese and forced to work as slaves on Japan's brutal Burma-Thailand Death Railway

Chronicles the October 1944 battle off Samar between a vastly outnumbered fleet of American warships and a flotilla of the Japanese Navy, a struggle that changed the course of World War II in the Pacific