This volume attempts to analyze the techniques by which the Allies employed their strength to bypass fortified positions and seize weakly defended but strategically important areas, or, in the apt baseball parlance used by General MacArthur, to "hit 'em where they ain't." It is, therefore, a study in strategy and high command as well as in tactics.

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The strategic background -- Selecting objectives -- Elkton III: the plan for Cartwheel -- The Japanese -- Cartwheel begins: the Southwest Pacific Chronicle -- Toenails: the landings in New Georgia -- The offensive stalls -- Griswold takes over -- XIV Corps offensive -- After Munda -- The Markham Valley and the Huon Peninsula -- The invasion of Bougainville -- Exploiting the beachhead -- Crossing the Straits -- Expanding into Bismarck Archipelago -- Action in the Admiralties -- Bougainville counterattack -- Finale: Emirau.