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Rising Sun, Falling Skies: The Disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II
By Cox, Jeffrey R.
- ISBN
- 9781780967264
- Publisher
- Osprey
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Reviewed on April 1, 2014 | Social Sciences
Cox, a freelance military historian, focuses on the first three months of World War II in the Southeast Pacific, which culminated in the February 1942 Battle of the Java Sea, in which the Allied Dutch, British, American, and Australian naval forces fell to the Japanese. Cox integrates his strategic and tactical analyses with the narratives of those involved in the Pacific Theater. He is very critical of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Dutch Admiral...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
