Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PLATES, MAPS, FIGURES, AND TABLES vii
4. ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS xii
5. MAPS xvii
6. INTRODUCTION Fourteen Months Earlier xxxv
7. CHAPTER 1 THE ORIGINS OF TASK FORCE 58 1
8. CHAPTER 2 FLINTLOCK TF 58 and the Invasion of the Marshalls, January–February 1944 38
9. CHAPTER 3 HAILSTONE TF 58 Raids Truk, February 1944 68
10. CHAPTER 4 SEVEN-LEAGUE BOOTS TF 58 Raids the Marianas, February 1944 107
11. CHAPTER 5 DESECRATE TF 58 Raids Palau, 30–31 March 1944 125
12. CHAPTER 6 TF 58 The Final Raids, April and May 1944 142
13. CHAPTER 7 APPROACHING THE MARIANAS 1–15 June 1944 153
14. CHAPTER 8 TF 58 AND THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA (1) Invasion and Air Battle 167
15. CHAPTER 9 TF 58 AND THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA (2) Submarines and the American Air Strike 194
16. CHAPTER 10 SUPREMACY AT SEA 224
17. Appendix I THE FAST CARRIERS OF TF 58 JANUARY TO JUNE 1944 239
18. Appendix II THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OCEAN Japanese Forces and Strategy 241
19. ENDNOTES 253
20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 297
21. INDEX 308