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Many consider the Battle of Midway to have 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 bestselling "Miracle at Midway," Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement. Unlike previous accounts, "Shattered Sword" makes extensive use of Japanese primary sources. It also corrects the many errors of Mitsuo Fuchida s "Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan," an uncritical reliance upon which has tainted every previous Western account. It thus forces a major, potentially controversial reevaluation of the great battle. The authors examine the battle in detail and effortlessly place it within the context of the Imperial Navy s doctrine and technology. With a foreword by leading WWII naval historian John Lundstrom, "Shattered Sword" will become an indispensable part of any military buff s library. Winner of the 2005 John Lyman Book Award for the "Best Book in U.S. Naval History" and cited by "Proceedings" as one of its "Notable Naval Books" for 2005.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Military history

• Full title: Shattered Sword
• Author: Jonathan Parshall
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 640
• EAN: 9781574889246
• ISBN: 1574889249
• ID: 02126317
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
• Weight: 1354 g
• Dimensions: 262 × 172 × 40 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. November 2007

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