THE FIRST SOUTH PACIFIC CAMPAIGN: PACIFIC FLEET STRATEGY DECEMBER 1941-JUNE 1942

摘要

Reprints are not normally included in the ANI's book reviews however there is always an exception and The First South Pacific Campaign is deservedly one of these. As a youth I can remember when a retired naval friend suggested I should read John Lundstrom's new book to better understand the strategy that underpinned Australia's involvement in the Pacific War. My first thought was that this was not really necessary -I had already read the four Army volumes of the Australian Official History which dealt with the Pacific. What more could I ever need? The truth is that, although I did not know it at the time, Lundstrom's The First South Pacific Campaign did influence the way I think about the major events of 1941-42.