released called twilight of the gods, war of the western pacific 1944-1945 and one the samuel eliot morison award from the naval order of the united states and he is one the william e military writers award and won the other eliot morison award given by the u.s. constitution museum. kidding you, ian and if there are any awards out there i fully expect to to win one and that not too distant future but thank you so much for agreeing to spend time with us and talk with us about "twilight of the gods". >> my pleasure and my honor. >> i'm struck by the book, ian, i'm struck by how an author chooses to open the story. it's a big story, war on the western pacific 44-45 biggest naval battles all time. packed with valor and heroism of every sort but to begin this book in an interesting way and the rome of politics. i thought it was nicely done. you look at fdr and douglas macarthur. why open the book that way? i will even expand on my question. it's a bit of a risk. you have to know people are opening up and ian told book and they want to know they get the lay of the take so what was the survey of t