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Sustaining the Carrier War: The Deployment of U.S. Naval Air Power to the Pacific
by Stan Fisher
Finalist for NOUS' 2024 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature
The ability of the United States Navy to fight and win a protracted war in the Pacific was not solely the result of technology, tactics, or leadership. Naval aviation maintenance played a major role in the U.S. victory over Japan in the second World War. The naval war against Japan did not achieve sustained success until enough aircraft technicians were available to support the high tempo of aviation operations that fast carrier task force doctrine demanded.
Ordering Info: Naval Institute Press
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2023
Battleship Commander: The Life of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr.
by Paul Stillwell
Winner of NOUS' 2022 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature
The first-ever biography of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr., who served a key role during World War II in the Pacific. Battleship Commander explores Lee's life from boyhood in Kentucky through his eventual service as commander of the fast battleships from 1942 to 1945. Paul Stillwell draws on more than 150 first-person accounts from those who knew and served with Lee from boyhood until the time of his death.
Ordering Info: Naval Institute Press
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2021