Mark R. Peattie Knihy

It marked the first surge of Japanese aggression beyond the boundaries of its older colonial empire and set Japan on a collision course with China and Western colonial powers from 1937 through 1945.

416 pages University of Hawai'i Press; illustrated edition edition (May 1988) English 0824810872 978-0824810870

Focusing on the evolution of Japanese naval aviation from its beginnings in 1909 to its peak before the Pacific War, this sequel offers an in-depth exploration of the strengths and weaknesses of the Japanese Navy. It provides the most comprehensive English account of Japan's naval air operations over China between 1937 and 1941, culminating in a final chapter that examines the complete devastation of Japanese naval air power by 1944.