This edition examines the whirlwind Japanese victories of 1941-42 when its armies and navies conquered Hong Kong, Burma, Malaya, the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies. As war raged across the Pacific, the Allies, especially the Americans, organized a counterattack. This book tells how hard fighting and attrition pushed the Japanese back, in bloody battles such as Guadalcanal, the Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf. This is a great, in-depth history of this time. Hardbound, 9" x 11 3/4", 256 pages, 180 b&w and 95 color ill.