Full name: Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

Authors: Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, War/Military, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781574889239 9781574889246 1574889230 1574889249

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. Parshall and Tully 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 World War II naval historian John Lundstrom, Shattered Sword is an indispensable part of any military buff's library. 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. Similar books: Midway by Mitsuo Fuchida Blood, Tears and Folly by Len Deighton Why The Allies Won by Richard Overy Miracle at Midway by Gordon W. Prange Engineers of Victory by Paul Kennedy Ardennes 1944 by Antony Beevor The Burma Road by Donovan Webster Blitzkrieg by Len Deighton The Battle of Midway by Craig L. Symonds The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill Incredible Victory by Walter Lord The Admirals by Walter R. Borneman The Guns at Last Light by Rick Atkinson Masters and Commanders by Andrew Roberts The Second World War by John Keegan 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose On Desperate Ground by Hampton Sides