Origins of the campaign
Chronology
Opposing commanders
Opposing armies
Orders of battle
Opposing plans
The campaign
Aftermath
The battlefields today
Further reading
Index
A detailed account of the first check of Japanese naval expansion in the Pacific.
Mark E. Stille (Commander, United States Navy, retired)
received his BA in history from the University of Maryland and also
holds an MA from the Naval War College. He has worked in the
intelligence community for 30 years including tours on the faculty
of the Naval War College, on the Joint Staff and on US Navy ships.
He is currently a senior analyst working in the Washington DC area.
He is the author of numerous Osprey titles, focusing on naval
history in the Pacific. He is also the author of several
wargames.
John White is a commercial illustrator with many years’
experience of working with advertising agencies, design firms,
publishers and large corporate accounts. He has received awards
from The Broadcast Design Association and The National Naval
Aviation Museum, and his paintings have appeared in Aviation Art
magazine, Aviation History magazine, and on the History Channel.
John and his wife Margery live in Charlotte, North Carolina.
"Though many of you have heard of the Coral Sea battle, this book
tells the story in a most enlightening and interesting way. It is a
book I very much enjoyed reading and is one I can easily recommend
to you." --Scott Van Aken, Modeling Madness,
www.modelingmadness.com (February 2010) "The Coral Sea 1942,
written by retired USN Cmdr. Mark O. Stille and illustrated by John
White's, and tells the story of this important and unique Pacific
war battle. The battle of Coral Sea is unique in that it was the
first battle in which enemy fleets never came within sight of one
another. Instead aircraft launched from carrier decks were sent out
to attack the enemy ships with bombs and torpedoes... As with all
Osprey titles, the book is well-written and professionally
illustrated." --Richard Mataka, mataka.org (December 2009) "Mark
Stille takes a very detailed look at the opposing plans, from the
Japanese intent to invade New Guinea and the tactics that the US
Navy deployed to frustrate them. We are given very informative
biographies of the senior Naval Commanders in question, and also a
glimpse into the respective Naval ethos of each country. As a
former Naval Officer, Stille is well placed to write about Naval
tactics and strategy. And of course, this book contains Osprey's
trademark maps and illustrations. One thing that really impresses
me is the '3D' maps, showing the height of waves of aircraft as the
attacked." --Daly History Blog, dalyhistory.wordpress.com (December
2009) "As a reviewer, I read a lot of books. Some are good and some
less so. Over time, however, I have come to realize that I can
always rely on Osprey Publishing to deliver excellent, concise
studies of very specific aspects of World War II that are both very
well researched and entirely engaging. So it was with a great deal
of happy anticipation that I attended a five hour track meet today
accompanied only by a cooler of diet cola and Mark Stille's The
Coral Sea 1942: The First Carrier Battle. I was not
disappointed.
Stille presents America's first strategic victory in a thorough and
well-organized fashion. He sets the stage by exploring the
condition and constitution of the American and Japanese fleets in
the Pacific during the months leading up to the MAy 1942 battle and
he explores the personalities of the various commanding officers of
the combatants. After providing ample background, Stille takes his
readers through the actual battle and the aftermath of the battle,
noting the connection between the American success (or more
accurately, perhaps, the Japanese failures) in the Battle of the
Coral Sea and the later success of the American carrier force in
the Battle of Midway." --David Mitchell, World War II Forums,
ww2f.com (November 2009)
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