Enterprise
Book description
Offering a naval history of the entire Pacific Theater in World War II through the lens of its most famous ship, this is the epic and heroic story of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, and of the men who fought and died on her from Pearl Harbor to the end…
Why read it?
1 author picked Enterprise as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this book for at its heart this is a story of the average American sailor waging war in the Pacific during World War II.
As an author of naval history, I understand it is all too easy to get bogged down in the writing about motivations of top commanders and the newest advances in military weaponry. Tillman successfully walks the thin line in telling the individual stories of the sailors of the Enterprise and how this single vessel fits into the greater campaign of the U.S. Navy against the Empire of Japan.
This book demonstrates that detailed military…
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