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(More customer reviews)Having studied World War II in the European and Asian theatres I had never studied in detail the general reasons on the collapse of Allied Forces air power in the first month of the Japanese attack on US and Commonwealth Forces, in and around S.E.Asia and the Pacific during December 1941. The book by John BURTON filled in the gaps dealing with the airforces of the US and British Commonwealth and that of the Imperial Japanese Forces. I found his book to be easy reading without going into such detail that the text became tedious.
It was interesting that in the chapters the author generalised on a particular area/action and then identified individuals involved with that particular event explaining details and reasons why those events occurred. He jumped between what was occurring in Malaya to that of the Phillipines in the same time frame without losing the storyline. He also outlined in detail the other side of the story, namely what occurred with the Japanese, linking that information with the Allied version.
It was well researched and informative from both sides of the combatants without becoming bogged down in unnecessary detail that would have made the text a boring read.
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