9780813329857. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Contains: Illustrations. In the first two years of the Pacific War of World War II air forces from Japan the United States Australia and New Zealand engaged in a war of aerial attrition over the South Pacific. Strategically crucial the countries were locked in a struggle for superiority in the skies over the Solomon Islands and New Guinea employing the most sophisticated technology available in a largely unknown and malignant environment. Using primary sources and interviews with surviving veterans this book re-creates the fabric of the Pacific air warm.