Encompassing the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, South from the frozen islands of the Aleutians to the coast of Australia, east from the mountains of the Himalayas to the anchorage at Pearl Harbor, where the Arizona and her crew still lie, this was the stage on which the war between the Empire of Japan and the American allies was fought. Unrivaled in its scope, it was a clash of cultures that turned tropical islands into killing grounds and laid waste whole cities and weapons of mass destruction. This struggle turned World War II into a global war, and ended it with Japan's surrender.-- From the book jacket.

Title on spine: War in the Pacific : Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay. Originally published: London, England : Salamander Books. Distributor from label mounted on title page. Includes index.

Sources of conflict -- Torah! Torah! Torah! -- Delaying action or foul deception -- The Japanese octopus -- Midway: the turning point -- Into the jungle: New Guinea -- The advance through the Solomons -- The Gilberts and the Marshalls -- War on the Asian mainland -- Within striking distance of Japan -- Securing MacArthur's flank -- The return to the Philippines -- The Philippines reconquered -- Uncommon valor -- The last invasion -- Japan isolated -- Japan in flames -- Sources of victory.