The book, The Dauntless Dive Bomber Of World War Two represents one of the most comprehensive publications devoted to the legendary Douglas Dauntless dive-bomber.  "The Dauntless Dive Bomber Of World War Two" tells the inspirational story of the men who took the "slow but deadly" Dauntless into combat, relying on her ruggedness and dependability to carry them into battle with the enemy and delivering them back safely to their carrier or air station.  The Dauntless SBD dive-bomber saw its most important combat over the skies of the Pacific Ocean from May through November in 1942.  It was during this period of time, that the carrier-based SBD Dauntless squadrons fought the Imperial Japanese Navy to a standstill at the Battle of the Coral Sea and won the war's most important victory during the Battle of Midway.  While the SBD Dauntless was obsolete at the beginning of World War II it continued to soldier on even when the bigger and faster Curtiss Helldiver was deployed later in the war.  The SBD Dauntless also saw service in the Atlantic Ocean sinking Vichy French shipping at Cassablanca and German naval vessels operating in Scandinavian waters.  "The Dauntless Dive Bomber Of World War Two" highlights many interesting facts related to this aircraft like the SBD Squadron, which flew unexpectedly into Pearl Harbor Hawaii shortly after the Japanese attack on the morning of December 7, 1941 or the pilot who almost single-handedly sank an Imperial Japanese Navy carrier dieing in the process or the air group commander who could have lost the Pacific War for the United States.  Perhaps one of the most important statistics related to this aircraft is the fact that at war's end, the Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was the only United States Navy carrier aircraft still in service that had been operational at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.  Also of note, Dauntless squadrons participated in all five naval engagements fought entirely by aircraft carriers, the only United States aircraft do so, and sank more carriers then any other Allied aircraft flown during World War II.  The major sections of "The Dauntless Dive Bomber Of World War Two" are as follows: 1) Foreword; 2) Preface; 3) Chapter 1- Birth Of The Dauntless; 4) Chapter 2 - Into Combat; 5) Chapter 3 - Coral Sea; 6) Chapter 4 - Midway; 7) Chapter 5 - Guadalcanal; 8) Chapter 6 - Eastern Solomons; 9) Chapter 7 - Santa Cruz; 10) Chapter 8 - The Other Ocean; 11) Chapter 9 - Pacific Offensive; 12) Chapter 10 - The Last Battle; 13) Appendix A - Surviving Dauntlesses; 14) Appendix B - Dauntless Specifications; 15) Notes; 16) Bibliography and 17) Index.  In addition to an informative narrative, "The Dauntless Dive Bomber Of World War Two" includes the following features: 1) Approximately 47 black and white photographs and 2) 3 maps.  This book is 232 pages and is in excellent condition.  The author is Barrett Tillman.  Edition published in 1977.