Delivering Destruction: American Firepower and Amphibious Assault from Tarawa to Iwo Jima

Offers a detailed study of American ‘triphibious’ (land, sea, and air) firepower coordination in the Pacific War. In describing the Amphibious Corps’ development of fire coordination teams and tactics in the Central Pacific, Hemler underlines the importance of adaptation, coordination, and the primacy of the human element in naval combat.