UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS: The South Pacific Air Campaign Against Rabaul

Sheds new light on the Allied campaigns in New Guinea and the Solomons between August 1942 and February 1944, which were the most difficult in the history of the U.S. Navy. Cleaver draws on extensive and compelling first-hand accounts and memoirs to tell the story of those who fought in the attritional battles, as well as in the bitterly contested actions in the Solomon Sea. 16 pages of photos.