Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
Jonathan Parshall
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Description for Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
Paperback. Making use of Japanese primary sources, this title presents an analysis of what happened at Midway. Num Pages: 640 pages, 38 b&w photos, 33 maps, 36 figures, 36 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 172 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1266.
“Shattered Sword [is] a necessary read for anyone interested in the Pacific War.”—NYMAS Review
Shattered Sword is the winner of the 2005 John Lyman Book Award for the "Best Book in U.S. Naval History" and was cited by Proceedings as one of its "Notable Naval Books" for 2005.
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 ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Potomac Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781574889246
SKU
V9781574889246
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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About Jonathan Parshall
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. ... Read more
Reviews for Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
“To really know about the Battle of Midway, you must read this book.”—John B. Lundstrom, author of The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway “Jon Parshall and Anthony Tully explain, in an entirely new light and from a fresh perspective, how the Japanese navy fought the Battle of Midway. Extensively researched, soundly reasoned, and engagingly ... Read more