Pulitzer-Prize-winner and bestselling author C. Vann Woodward recreatesthe gripping account of the battle for Leyte Gulf-the greatest navalbattle of World War II and the largest engagement ever fought on thehigh seas. For the Japanese, it represented their supreme effort; theycommitted to action virtually every operational fighting ship on thelists of the Imperial Navy, including two powerful new battleships ofthe Yamato class. It also ended in their greatest defeat-and atremendous victory for the United States Navy. Features a newintroduction by Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder .