The fleet at flood tide : America at total war in the Pacific, 1944-1945

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The Fleet at Flood Tide : America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945

by Hornfischer, James D.

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Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Maps and Diagrams	p. xi
	Military Designations and Abbreviations	p. xiii
	Preface: Total War	p. xvii
	Prologue: Cashiered in Algiers	p. xxi
Part 1	Sea
1	Engine of Siege	p. 3
2	On the Western Warpath	p. 20
3	In Turner's Train	p. 37
4	A Charge for Ozawa	p. 65
5	The Outer Colony	p. 71
6	A Rumor of Fleets	p. 81
7	OBB and UDT	p. 88
8	Heavy Weather	p. 99
Part 2	Land
9	Heavier, Higher, Faster	p. 111
10	D Day	p. 116
11	Trail, Attack, Report	p. 144
12	Tank Attack	p. 153
13	The View from the Mountain	p. 163
14	First Contact	p. 170
15	War of the Wind Machines	p. 178
16	Fast Carriers Down	p. 194
17	To Build a Better Airfield	p. 204
18	Beyond Darkness	p. 212
19	Smith versus Smith	p. 233
20	Satan's Breath	p. 247
21	The Dying Game	p. 263
22	Sniper Ship on a Cave Shoot	p. 268
23	Beyond All Boundaries	p. 279
24	Atop Suicide Cliffs	p. 290
25	Regime Change	p. 301
26	Steel Like Snowflakes	p. 318
27	The Will to Lose Hard	p. 332
Part 3	Air
28	Secrets of New Mexico	p. 347
29	Going Critical	p. 366
30	Everybody's Business	p. 384
31	Divine Winds	p. 393
32	Methods of Death on the Wing	p. 410
33	Opportunity and Madness	p. 416
34	Prompt and Utter Destruction	p. 429
35	Clear-cut Results	p. 440
Part 4	Earth
36	Eight Bells for an Empire	p. 461
37	The War Wearies	p. 482
	Acknowledgments	p. 505
	Notes	p. 507
	Bibliography	p. 541
	Index	p. 569