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.
- ISBN13 9781591144199
- Publish Date 15 February 2013 (first published 1 June 2006)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Naval Institute Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 672
- Language English