Midway Inquest. Why the Japanese Lost the Battle of Midway.
Language: English
Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 2007
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- Hardcover
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Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 408 pages. The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II that took place on 4—7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The Japanese Combined Fleet under the command of Isoroku Yamamoto suffered a decisive defeat by two carrier strike groups of the U.S. Pacific Fleet near Midway Atoll. Yamamoto had intended to capture Midway and lure out and destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet, especially the aircraft carriers which had escaped damage at Pearl Harbor.
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- Title
- Midway Inquest. Why the Japanese Lost the Battle of Midway.
- Author
- Isom, Dallas Woodbury
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0253349044
- ISBN 13
- 9780253349040
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Series
- Book 4 of 23: Twentieth-Century Battles
- Seller catalogs
- Military-Naval
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 and Yorktown? Although it is well known that the Japanese were unable to launch an immediate attack because their aircraft were in the process of changing armament, why wasn't the rearming operation reversed and an attack launched before the American planes arrived? Based on extensive research in Japanese primary records, Japanese literature on the battle, and interviews with over two dozen Japanese veterans from the carrier air groups, this book solves the mystery at last.
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About the Author
Dallas Woodbury Isom is a retired professor of law at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. He lives in San Ramon, California.
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