Title: An Overlooked Gem
Product review: This book covers the period in early '42 when a small hodgepodge fleet of Dutch, US, Austrailian, and British ships tried to stem the Japanese advance. It was a hopeless proposition, of course, but that's part of what makes it a good read. U.S. readers tend to avoid American WWII defeats. Yeah, Midway was an incredible victory, but there is much of interest here. In particular the fate of the cruiser, Houston, which today is almost a forgotten ship compared to ships in more successful endeavors later in the war. Apparently it's not just the gods who forgot this fleet.
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