Graveyards Of The Pacific

From Pearl Harbor to Bikini Island.

From the world's premier oceanographer and bestselling National Geographic explorer-in-residence, this is a lavishly illustrated, vivid, and authoritative history of the World War II Pacific battle sites.

This is Dr Robert Ballard's compelling survey of the major WWII Pacific battlefields and graveyards, including Midway, Guadalcanal, and Truk Lagoon. This authoritative overview of the Pacific war begins with a thrilling account of Ballard's search for an elusive midget sub sunk just prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, and ends with the American nuclear tests on Bikini Island, where captured German and Japanese craft were scuttled.

Featuring rare archival photographs, firsthand accounts of Ballard's explorations, and the stories of survivors and eyewitnesses to the Pacific conflicts, 'Graveyards Of The Pacific' coincides with the 60th anniversary year of the infamous bombing of Pearl Harbor.

In this lavishly illustrated and definitive book, Ballard, a pioneering marine scientist and explorer best known for his discovery of the "Titanic", has succeeded in recreating a defining period in American history.