Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

ISBN-10:
1574889230
ISBN-13:
9781574889239
Pub. Date:
11/01/2005
Publisher:
Potomac Books
ISBN-10:
1574889230
ISBN-13:
9781574889239
Pub. Date:
11/01/2005
Publisher:
Potomac Books
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781574889239
Publisher: Potomac Books
Publication date: 11/01/2005
Pages: 640
Sales rank: 285,096
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 2.00(d)

About the Author

Both Jonathan Parshall and Tony Tully were members of a 1999 mission to the Midway battle site by the Nauticos Corp. and the U.S. Navy Oceanographic Office. Parshall is widely published on naval history in journals and magazines and has contributed to a number of books on the topic. He maintains an award-winning Web site on the Imperial Navy, www.combinedfleet.com. Parshall lives in Minneapolis.

Anthony Tully has been published in such leading military journals as Warship and the U.S. Naval War College Review and is a frequent contributor to combinedfleet.com. He lives in Dallas.

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