In this book, a veteran and respected military author opens the history of WWII in the Pacific to a broader and deeper view. Going beyond the usual accounting, William B. Hopkins investigates the strategies, politics, and personalities that shaped the conduct of the war. His regional approach to this complex war conducted on land, sea (and significantly by America, undersea), and air explores not just the whats and hows but, more significantly, the critical and often ill-considered whys of this multifaceted conflict.