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RED SUN SETTING The Battle of the Philippine Sea By William T. Y'Blood Here is the on ly definitive study of one of history's greatest naval batt les . Through painstaking scholarship and attention to deta il skil lfull y blended with colorfu l vignettes, th e author draws the reader into a dramatic replay of heroic naval and airborne conf li ct. After a brief historical introduction to set the stage for battle, the action unfolds in a gripping blow-by-blow fashion. From the first dogfights, through the persistent attacks on enemy carriers, to th e desperate return of the damaged and low-on-fuel American attack aircraft, this is a captiva ting batt le history to be enjoyed from cover to cover. 1980/ 208 pages/ I Ilust rated/ $19 .95

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" Exactly what warship enthusi asts have been waiting for. " That's the way many readers described this new publication when it first appeared on ly three years ago as a quarterly journal edited by Anthony Preston. In fact , interest in it was so high that the first twelve issues are now avai lab le in three bound volumes. Every maritime historian , naval buff, or serious modeler will find in Warship, an accurate source of information about warships, their weapons. and their operation. Warship, Volume 1, 2 & 3.1: 1978/135 pages/lllustrated / $17.95 11: 1980/287 pages/268 illustrations/ $18.95 Ill: 1981 / 288 pages/ 374 illustrations/ $21.95

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