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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. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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As for why Fletcher has not been remembered better, in part that is due to the man's disinterest in polishing his reputation, but mostly because he was a convenient scapegoat for many parties; these include the USMC, the Brown Shoe Mafia of the USN's aviation community (Lundstrom does a fine job of illustrating the failures of that crowd at Midway) and the general sense that the command complex associated with the Guadalcanal campaign were all culpable of ineptitude at some level. Add Samuel E. Morison's general disdain and you have the explanation of how a man who won three fleet actions can be virtually forgotten, instead of having a reputation rather akin to Gen. George Thomas of Civil War fame. ( )