The gripping account of the U.S. Navy's fast carrier force--and how its Central Pacific campaign in 1944 marked the achievement of American naval supremacy Task

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Describes how the United States Navy has shrunk while the maritime presence of other nations, particularly China, has expanded, and discusses the implications f

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A boy's devotion to soup leads to a position in Le Ritz restaurant in Paris.