Hough, Richard, - THE HUNTING OF FORCE Z.

New English Library, London, 1970, 1st in imprint, paperback, 159pp, [i] ad., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers by Chris Mayger, an examination of the value of capital ships and an account of the development of naval defence against aerial attack. This book records the sending of 'Prince of Wales' and 'Repulse' to bolster the British presence in the Singapore theatre arriving only a few days before the attack on Pearl Harbour.Their subsequent voyage into the Gulf of Siam without air cover led to their destruction by Japanese aircraft attack which in turn led to some serious reconsideration of naval stategy, light creasing to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., old ink parce upper wrapper, edges tanned, good plus,

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