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Review for The Japanese Navy in World War II
Author/Director : Evans, David C (Ed.)
Format : Book
The subtitle for this substantial book (568 pages) is "In the words of former Japanese Naval Officers", and from their seniority in their brief biographies (in an appendix) there is a risk that this book could become either a description of grand strategy, a justification of and blame for ultimate defeat, or both. And the contributions from these professional naval men, written in some cases not long after the events they describe do indeed carry much of that. But they also contain immediate and personal details from the glinting of the sun from the wings of bombers heading for Perl Harbour, to the difficulty of abandoning a burning carrier during Midway, to the mixed emotions of setting sail upon one of the biggest battleships ever built on a one way trip to Okinawa. All this makes it book well worth reading for both the informed and the inquisitive. I found it hard to put down and had to read a whole chapter at a sitting.
Published by : Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD., (2nd Edn, paperback) 2017, (original) 1986
ISBN : 978 1 59114 568 4
Review last updated : 2018-01-08 14:30:20
