This book covers the time frame from 1944 to the Japanese surrender in the Tokyo Bay. The naval battle and the way that the Japanese began to use the Kamikaze attacks after the Leyte Gulf battle. The U.S. and British Navies were not prepared for these attacks even after they began to increase. The battle for Okinawa took out many ships and lost many sailors, and Marines aboard the ships. What was good about this book was the author going through our side and also the British which gets forgotten in the Pacific Battles. There were times that this book dragged somewhat, so I think that if you are not into history this book might not be for you. I found this book to be an interesting book and found out some information that I did not know about before I began reading this book. Overall a good book.

"Tidal Wave" eBook was published in 2018 and was written Thomas McKelvey Cleaver. Mr. Cleaver has published eight books. 

I categorize this novel as ‘R’ because it contains scenes of Violence. The book covers action in the Pacific Theatre during the period in World War II from the fall of 1944 until the end of the war. 

This is a detailed account of action, primarily naval air warfare carried out by both sides. There are many individuals, aircraft and ships named, along with their activities. This is not a book that is easy to read due to all the facts laid out. I do think this would be a good read for the serious student of World War II history. I did find the 10 hours I spent reading this 320 page non-fiction history interesting. The cover art is a good selection. I give this novel a 3.8 (rounded up to a 4) out of 5.

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I love a good military history book. The war in the Pacific has been pretty well covered before now up to the battle for Okinawa. What makes this book different is its treatment of the events leading up to the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay on board the USS Missouri. Very little had been previously written about the British Pacific Fleet or the naval bombardments of the Japanese home islands. Cleaver has given a colorful description of these previously little known events. I gave this book only four stars due to the sometimes cumbersome recitations of units, ships, and numbers of shot down aircraft, on both sides. Those things are certainly part of warfare but they were hard to plod through.