Andrew Faltum served as an air intelligence officer aboard USS Midway, homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, before joining the Navy Reserve and retiring as a commander. He is the author of several naval history books, including The Essex Aircraft Carriers, The Independence Light Aircraft Carriers, and The Supercarriers: The Forrestal and Kitty Hawk Classes.

"Greyhounds of the Pacific is a superbly written and well documented account of the destroyers that served as the workhorses of the Pacific Fleet from the first shot of America's war in 1941 to the final surrender in Tokyo Bay in 1945.  Many may know the names of the battleships and aircraft carriers that fought the individual battles, but this book tells the lesser-known stories of the hundreds of "small boys" who protected the Fleet's major assets, stood their ground against overwhelming forces, and doggedly performed the logistical "grunt work" that wins wars.”—Parks Stephenson, LCDR USN (Ret.), Executive Director, USS KIDD Veterans Museum“With great clarity and cogent analysis, Andrew Faltum sheds new light on the role of U.S. destroyers in the Pacific War. Taking nothing away from the tin cans serving in the Atlantic theater, he explains the considerable differences in how destroyers engaged a very different enemy in a markedly different war in the vast reaches of the Pacific.”—LCDR Thomas J. Cutler, USN (Ret.), author of Give Me a Fast Ship: The Heroic Actions of Ernest Evans and the Crew of the USS Johnson"This is an important counter-narrative. For too long, the history of WW2 and indeed many of the lessons learned have been derived from the European (Atlantic) rather than the Indo-Pacific-Antarctica (IPA) Theatre…This is a detailed book, well worth the read covering all the major actions of WW2."—The Navy

Andrew Faltum served as an air intelligence officer aboard USS Midway, homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, before joining the Navy Reserve and retiring as a commander. He is the author of several naval history books, including The Essex Aircraft Carriers, The Independence Light Aircraft Carriers, and The Supercarriers: The Forrestal and Kitty Hawk Classes.

"Greyhounds of the Pacific is a superbly written and well documented account of the destroyers that served as the workhorses of the Pacific Fleet from the first shot of America's war in 1941 to the final surrender in Tokyo Bay in 1945.  Many may know the names of the battleships and aircraft carriers that fought the individual battles, but this book tells the lesser-known stories of the hundreds of "small boys" who protected the Fleet's major assets, stood their ground against overwhelming forces, and doggedly performed the logistical "grunt work" that wins wars.”—Parks Stephenson, LCDR USN (Ret.), Executive Director, USS KIDD Veterans Museum“With great clarity and cogent analysis, Andrew Faltum sheds new light on the role of U.S. destroyers in the Pacific War. Taking nothing away from the tin cans serving in the Atlantic theater, he explains the considerable differences in how destroyers engaged a very different enemy in a markedly different war in the vast reaches of the Pacific.”—LCDR Thomas J. Cutler, USN (Ret.), author of Give Me a Fast Ship: The Heroic Actions of Ernest Evans and the Crew of the USS Johnson"This is an important counter-narrative. For too long, the history of WW2 and indeed many of the lessons learned have been derived from the European (Atlantic) rather than the Indo-Pacific-Antarctica (IPA) Theatre…This is a detailed book, well worth the read covering all the major actions of WW2."—The Navy

Andrew Faltum served as an air intelligence officer aboard USS Midway, homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, before joining the Navy Reserve and retiring as a commander. He is the author of several naval history books, including The Essex Aircraft Carriers, The Independence Light Aircraft Carriers, and The Supercarriers: The Forrestal and Kitty Hawk Classes.

"Greyhounds of the Pacific is a superbly written and well documented account of the destroyers that served as the workhorses of the Pacific Fleet from the first shot of America's war in 1941 to the final surrender in Tokyo Bay in 1945.  Many may know the names of the battleships and aircraft carriers that fought the individual battles, but this book tells the lesser-known stories of the hundreds of "small boys" who protected the Fleet's major assets, stood their ground against overwhelming forces, and doggedly performed the logistical "grunt work" that wins wars.”—Parks Stephenson, LCDR USN (Ret.), Executive Director, USS KIDD Veterans Museum“With great clarity and cogent analysis, Andrew Faltum sheds new light on the role of U.S. destroyers in the Pacific War. Taking nothing away from the tin cans serving in the Atlantic theater, he explains the considerable differences in how destroyers engaged a very different enemy in a markedly different war in the vast reaches of the Pacific.”—LCDR Thomas J. Cutler, USN (Ret.), author of Give Me a Fast Ship: The Heroic Actions of Ernest Evans and the Crew of the USS Johnson"This is an important counter-narrative. For too long, the history of WW2 and indeed many of the lessons learned have been derived from the European (Atlantic) rather than the Indo-Pacific-Antarctica (IPA) Theatre…This is a detailed book, well worth the read covering all the major actions of WW2."—The Navy