Second volume of a trilogy that began with Empires in the balance. SAMS Overflow books : some copies are in A531 & A659 Course Reserves, some in main the rest moved over to GIF Storeroom.

Pt. I: The Japanese situation -- The barrier or . . . -- . . . The javelin -- Moryalmi: the schlieffen plan of the Pacific war -- Pt. II: The allied situation -- The allies and the SouthWest Pacific -- Operation magic and the allied deployment for the battle of the Coral Sea -- Pt. III: The battle of the Coral Sea -- The preliminaries to battle -- The carrier contacts -- The reckoning and the withdrawals -- Pt. IV: The battle of Midway -- Operation magic and the American deployment for the battle of Midway -- Approach to contact -- Contact -- Miscalculations -- Mortal wounds -- Three against one -- Dusk and dust -- The final exchanges -- Pt. V: Final perspectives -- Final perspectives.