Shattered sword : the untold story of the Battle of Midway

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Label

Shattered sword : the untold story of the Battle of Midway

Title remainder

the untold story of the Battle of Midway

Statement of responsibility

Jonathan B. Parshall and Anthony P. Tully

Creator

• Parshall, Jonathan B., 1962-

Contributor

• Tully, Anthony P., 1961-

Subject

• Midway Islands
• Midway, Battle of, 1942
• Military operations, Aerial -- American
• Military operations, Aerial -- Japanese
• Military operations, Naval -- American
• Military operations, Naval -- Japanese
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese
• 1939-1945

Language

eng

Summary

• "The Battle of Midway turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange's Miracle at Midway, comes a myth-smashing new interpretation of this great naval engagement."
• "Making extensive use of untapped Japanese primary sources, including Imperial Navy operational records never before used by Western authors, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully reconstruct the actual sequence of the critical events of June 4, 1942, looking afresh at the decisions of the U.S and Japanese commanders, and placing them within the seldom-understood context of the Imperial Navy's doctrine and technology. Readable and filled with insights and reassessments, Shattered Sword is the first substantive contribution to our understanding of the Battle of Midway in more than a generation. With a foreword by a leading World War II naval historian John Lundstrom, it will become an indispensable part of any military history buff's library."--Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

940.54/26699

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

D774.M4

LC item number

P37 2005

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography