Midway inquest : why the Japanese lost the Battle of Midway / Dallas Woodbury Isom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isom, Dallas Woodbury.

Series:

Twentieth-century battles.

Twentieth-century battles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Midway, Battle of, 1942.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Japanese.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Japanese.

Veterans--Japan--Interviews.

Veterans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Midway, the most famous naval battle in American history, has been the subject of many excellent books. However, none satisfactorily explain why the Japanese lost that battle, given their overwhelming advantage in firepower. While no book may ever silence debate on the subject, Midway Inquest answers the central mystery of the battle. Why could the Japanese not get a bomber strike launched against the American carrier force before being attacked and destroyed by American dive bombers from the Enterprise

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Map: Pacific Theater of Operations; Battle of Midway Search & Course Chart; One Why This Inquest; Two Prelude; Three The Run-up to Midway; Four The Fatal Decision; Five Gamble Lost; Six To Launch or Not to Launch; Seven Ironies; Eight Denouement; Nine Aftermath; Ten Postmortem; Appendix A. Nagumo's Official Report (Excerpts); Appendix B. SRMN-012, Traffic Intelligence Summaries,pp. 499-505; Appendix C. Reconstruction of Japanese CAP activity; Appendix D. A War Game Exercise; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-392) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-07846-1

9786612078460

0-253-11702-X

OCLC:

476141044