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 by Richard L. Dunn Schiffer Publishing 2024 Hardcover 608 pages photos, index ISBN: 0764367870 Cover Price: $45.00 Language: English  Order now at amazon.com Return to |
South Pacific Air War The Role of Airpower in the New Guinea and Solomon Island Campaigns, January 1943 to February 1944 South Pacific Air War is a monumental work of research and scholarship by Richard Dunn. The focus of the book is the critical, but understudied period when the Allies went on the offensive against the Japanese in the South Pacific (SoPAC) and South West Pacific Area (SWPA). Richard Dunn is a master researcher and writer who has written numerous articles and studies on aircraft, key combats and technical innovation in air combat. His first book, Exploding Fuel Tanks explored aircraft protected fuel tanks as a technology that altered the course of the air war in the Pacific for both Japan and the Allies. Dunn is uniquely qualified to write an incredibly detailed historical narrative full of new insights from his decades of experience conducting primary research in U.S. and Japanese archives with an emphasis on intelligence material. The narrative include details from both the Allied and Japanese side of every combat often with new insights. Of particular interest is the detailed analysis of combat claims versus the actual losses of each side. With both sides over claiming victories, the study of losses is a more accurate assessment of results. Many readers will be surprised to learn many air combats were in parody and often fought on equal terms. The book begins in January 1943 with the conclusion of the Guadalcanal campaign and details Allied offensives to pierce the Japanese defensive barriers in the central Solomon Islands and New Guinea. The critical role of air power in both campaigns is often largely neglected in narratives focused on Naval warfare and ground combat. South Pacific Air War concludes with the aerial campaign against Rabaul that ends in late February 1944 with the last flyable Japanese planes withdrawing to Truk. At 508 pages, the book is divided into six parts, plus maps, tables for key data with a center section of photographs followed by extensive endnotes, bibliography and a detailed index. Interview with Richard Dunn Return to Book Reviews | Add a review or submit for review Last Updated |
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