Coming March 2024 - "South Pacific Air War" by Richard Dunn

[Edward]

South Pacific Air War: The Role of Airpower in the New Guinea and Solomon Island Campaigns, January 1943 to February 1944
(Schiffer Military History - March 28, 2024)
by Richard L. Dunn
608 pages w/ 40 b&w photos and maps - hardcover
$45.00

"In 1943 the Allies chipped away at the defensive outer barrier of the Japanese Pacific empire, particularly in the Solomon Islands. US Marine and Army infantry trudged through bloody jungle fighting on remote South Pacific islands such as Guadalcanal, New Georgia, and Bougainville. The US Navy waged war on Japanese shipping, seeking to prevent reinforcement and resupply for the battered Japanese ground forces. Particularly celebrated are the tiny PT boats, such as John F. Kennedy’s PT-109, which charged destroyers head on. In this work, author Richard Dunn adds a third dimension to the history of the New Guinea and Solomon Islands campaigns by detailing the pivotal role of airpower. Dunn has formulated his narrative by studying and comparing Allied and Japanese reports, many of which reside in his personal collection."

About the Author
Richard Dunn retired from the government after serving as the general counsel of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Previously, he was with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, engaged in the private practice of law, and served on active duty as a judge advocate in the USAF. His awards include the presidential rank of Meritorious Executive and the Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award. Mr. Dunn received a BA degree (cum laude), University of New Hampshire; JD, University of Maryland; and LLM (highest honors), George Washington University. He spent years on an almost daily basis at the US National Archives and others at Nimitz Library US Naval Academy. Dunn has amassed one of the largest private collections of translated Japanese intercepted messages and captured documents.

https://rldunn.com/

https://schifferbooks.com/products/s...acific-air-war

[Larry deZeng]

An intrepid and brilliant researcher. Anyone who was a daily participant on www.jaircraft.com for at least the two decades beginning in 2000 can attest to Richard's expertise in this fascinating subject. Don't miss his book, which I believe will be judged definitive once it has been reviewed.

H.L. deZeng IV

[edwest2]

And here I thought Schiffer had largely abandoned publishing military history books.

[Jim Oxley]

Really looking forward to this book. Richard has a laser eye for detail and analysis, as his previous book 'Exploding Fuel Tanks' attests.

[Edward]

While I am certainly biased, I strongly believe that Richard Dunn's Exploding Fuel Tanks is one of the top five books on the air war in the Pacific.

His upcoming South Pacific Air War will be essential for all Pacific theater and JNAF & JAAF book shelves.

[Edward]

Schiffer Publishing does an in-house video preview, "Behind the Book," for their upcoming publications.

Below is the link to the video for Richard Dunn's South Pacific Air War, scheduled to be released on 28 April 2024.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHlq2Lt70J0