Black Shoe Carrier Admiral
"Frank Jack Fletcher at Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal"
- Subject: Biography & Memoirs | eBook Editions | General Military & Naval History | World War II | U.S. Navy
- Format:
Softcover
- Pages:
672pages
- Published:
February 15, 2013
- ISBN-10:
1591144191
- ISBN-13:
9781591144199
- Product Dimensions:
10 × 7 × 1 in
- Product Weight:
39 oz
Overview
This is the first paperback edition of the revisionist work about Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, who won his battles at sea but lost the war of public opinion. A surface warrior, Fletcher led the carrier forces in the Pacific that won against all odds at Coral Sea, Midway, and the Eastern Solomon’s. Despite these successes, during the post-war Fletcher had become one of the most controversial figures in U.S. naval history and was portrayed as a timid bungler who failed to relieve Wake Island and who deliberately abandoned the Marines at Guadalcanal.
About the Author
Editorial Reviews
"It is very difficult to turn around a half century of conventional wisdom, but John Lundstrom has done it. In a careful but readable way, he has proved that Adm. Jack Fletcher deserves to be remembered as a hero and not a goat." —Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder