Derek Law's Bibliography

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742	NICHOLSON, Arthur. Hostages to Fortune: Winston Churchill and the Loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse. xxii, 234p., bibliog.., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 2005. ISBN: 0750939486. A Georgetown lawyer uses his forensic skills to produce a meticulously researched and argued account which is implicitly supportive of Phillips. Gives a detailed account of all the events leading up to the tragic loss of the ships.	The Loss of the Far East The Loss of Force Z	view
743	DROSTE, Ch. B. Till Better Days. 104p., illus. London: Hurst & Blackett, [1946]. The author was Senior Pilot at Tjilatjap in Java and describes the crumbling of the Dutch and British Empires as he saw it, until his evacuation to Australia.	The Loss of the Far East The ABDA Command Area	view
744	HOYT, Edwin P. The Lonely Ships: The Life and Death of the US Asiatic Fleet. xi, 338p., bibliog., index. New York: McKay, 1976. ISBN: 0679505784. The history of the fleet from its creation in the 1850s until the Japanese swept it aside in 1942. Contains a full and well-written American view of their little-known part in the failure to stop the Japanese advance.	The Loss of the Far East The ABDA Command Area	view
745	McKIE, Ronald. Proud Echo. xvii, 158p., illus. Sydney: Angus & Robertson; New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1953; London: Hale, 1954. The first full account of the final action of Perth and Houston in the battle of Sunda Strait and of the fate of the survivors over the next few days. US title: The Survivors	The Loss of the Far East The ABDA Command Area	view
746	MESSIMER, Dwight R. Pawns of War: The Loss of the USS Langley and the USS Pecos. 248p., illus. Annapolis: NIP, 1983. ISBN: 0870215159. The sinking of America’s first carrier and her rescue ship in a brave dash to deliver fighters to the Allied Forces in Java.	The Loss of the Far East The ABDA Command Area United States Forces	view
747	PARKIN, Ray. Out of the Smoke. xx, 310p., illus. London: Hogarth; New York: Morrow, 1960. An account of the last action of Perth in the Sunda Strait by one of her surviving crew and of the fate of some of the survivors. Continued as Into the Smother, q.v.	The Loss of the Far East The ABDA Command Area	view
748	THOMAS, David A. Battle of the Java Sea. 260p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Deutsch, 1968; New York: Stein & Day, 1969. ISBN: 0233960724. Relates the story of the naval operations in and about the Java Sea from December 7, 1941, to March 1, 1942. A full and accurate account.	The Loss of the Far East The ABDA Command Area	view
749	VAN OOSTEN, F. C. The Battle of the Java Sea (Sea Battles in Close-Up, 16). 128p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Allan; Annapolis: NIP, 1976. ISBN: 0711006156. Another of the excellent volumes in this series, paying the usual close attention to detail. Unusual in that it emphasises the Dutch view.	The Loss of the Far East The ABDA Command Area	view
750	WINSLOW, Walter G. The Fleet the Gods Forgot: The US Asiatic Fleet in World War II. xiii, 327p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP, 1982. ISBN: 0870211889. While the book is generally concerned with the loss of the Far East from the American point of view, it has useful information on the ABDA Command. The author was an officer on Houston at the time.	The Loss of the Far East The ABDA Command Area	view
751	WINSLOW, Walter G. Ghost of the Java Coast: Saga of the USS Houston. xv, 184p., bibliog., illus., index. Satellite Beach, Fla.: Coral Reef Publications, 1974. ISBN: 0914042009. A survivor of the Houston recalls her service and particularly her part in the Battle of the Java Sea and her sinking fighting the Japanese with Perth in the Battle of Sunda Strait.	The Loss of the Far East The ABDA Command Area	view
752	WINSLOW, Walter G. The Ghost that Died at Sunda Strait. xx, 244p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP, 1984. ISBN: 0870212184. An expansion of his earlier work, covering the sinking of Houston and Perth and the Battle of the Java Sea.	The Loss of the Far East The ABDA Command Area	view
753	BANKS, Arthur. Wings of the Dawning: The Battle for the Indian Ocean 1939-1945. 416p., bibliog., illus., index. Malvern Wells: Images, 1996. ISBN: 0947993746. A Corporal Meteorological Observer who served with the Catalina Squadrons in East Africa from 1945 describes the anti submarine war in the area. Full of personal reminiscences and anecdotal rather than analytical.	The Loss of the Far East The Eastern Fleet Holds the Line	view
754	GRAHAM, Cosmo. A Space for Delight: Letters from the Late Rear-Admiral Cosmo Graham to His Wife during the Years 1939 to 1942. xiv, 192p. London: Witherby, 1954. During this period he was Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf and these letters record his daily round. In early 1942, on his relief, he was briefly, hastily and successfully moved to Burma to manage the naval side of the difficult retreat to India.	The Loss of the Far East The Eastern Fleet Holds the Line	view
755	LEASOR, James. Boarding Party. xvi, 204p., illus., index. London: Heinemann, 1978; New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. ISBN: 0434410268. The story of the little-known episode of the sinking of the German merchant ship Ehrenfels in Goa harbour, by the Calcutta Light Horse. Published in paperback as The Sea Wolves.	The Loss of the Far East The Eastern Fleet Holds the Line	view
756	LITTLE, Eric H. Liberty Men, Fall In. [9], 130p., illus. Cape Town: Unie Volkspers, 1945. The story of three South African members of the RNVR, drafted to serve on Dragon, thinly disguised as "HMS Westbrook." The book covers 1941-42, is highly compressed and often inaccurate, but does convey a real sense of period. Published in the UK in paperback in 1956 as Action Pacific.	The Loss of the Far East The Eastern Fleet Holds the Line	view
757	MILLOT, Bernard. The Battle of the Coral Sea (Sea Battles in Close-Up, 12). 166p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Allan; Annapolis: NIP, 1974. ISBN: 0711005400. This battle brought the first real check to Japanese southward expansion. TF44 with two Australian cruisers played a covering role on the outer fringe of the engagement.	The Loss of the Far East The Eastern Fleet Holds the Line	view
758	POWELL, Alan. The Shadow's Edge: Australia's Northern War. xvi, 346p., bibliog., illus., index. Melbourne: University of Melbourne Press, 1988. ISBN: 0522843719. A straightforward factual account of the war on Australia's northern frontier.	The Loss of the Far East The Eastern Fleet Holds the Line	view
759	TOMLINSON, Michael. The Most Dangerous Moment. 205p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1976. ISBN: 0718304349. Churchill thought the most dangerous moment of the war to be when a Japanese fleet moved into the Indian Ocean and against Ceylon in April 1942. This account examines the period in general and the attacks on Ceylon in particular. Naval events are unsympathetically treated as a backdrop to a detailed examination of the air warfare.	The Loss of the Far East The Eastern Fleet Holds the Line	view
760	WICKS, Audrey F. Coral Sea Log: A Chronicle of Events In, Around and Above the Coral Sea Area and Its Surrounding Land and Sea Masses during April-May, 1942. vi, 156p., bibliog., illus. Brisbane: Coral Sea Battle Commemorative Association of Australia, 1992. More a scrap-book than a log-book, celebrating Australia's part in the first real defeat for Japan. A mix of recycled information and some useful primary source material.	The Loss of the Far East The Eastern Fleet Holds the Line	view
761	ALEXANDER, Alastair. Action Station!: U-Boat Warfare in the Clyde in Two World Wars. 72p., bibliog., illus., index. Glasgow: Neil Wilson Publishing, 2009. ISBN: 9781906476076. A derivative work based on secondary sources, but with an outstanding selection of photographs.	Home Waters 1940-1944	view

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