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Title: Miracle at Midway by Gordon William Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon ISBN: 0-14-006814-7 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: November, 1983 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.3 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Quick reply to Pearl Harbor
Comment: After the devestation of the American Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, conventional wisdom held that it would take months, maybe years, for the Americans to recover and be of sufficient strength to mount a defense and ultimate counter-attack. But several key issues proved this wrong: America had already been making war material for Lend/Lease and the aircraft carriers the Japanese were hoping would be at Pearl Harbor were not at Pearl Harbor. Midway would be the turning point in the war and this book gives a chronology to the events leading up to the battle and the battle itself. This battle, more than any before it, would affirm the place of aviation in battle. The battleships in this battle never saw each other, much less fight each other. In the battle, America sustained damaged to its carrier fleet, while Japan took a huge hit upon its carrier forces. This would set the tone for the rest of the Pacific Theater, as the author succintly points out. The Japanese had to have islands to fly and refuel aircraft; the Americans still had their mobile, floating aircraft islands. A must read for anyone who wants to know the turning point in the Pacific Theatre in WWII.
Rating: 5
Summary: Probably the best book on the Battle of Midway
Comment: While this is probably the best book on the Battle of Midway I noticed a couple of factual errors. The authors have fallen for one of the biggest myth of WWII in their account of the recovery of a crashed Zero. They stated that American designers tested the rebuilt plane and were able to counter its weaknesses and designed the Grumman Hellcat as a response. Totally, false, design work on the Hellcat and construction of a prototype was well underway by June 1942 and the captured enemy plane had no bearing on the Hellcat's design. This story has been repeated in so many historical works that it is rare to find a book on the Pacific War that does not mention it. Blatant mistakes like this, which can easily be checked, cast doubt on the credibility of the rest of the research.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best story of Battle of Midway I have read so far
Comment: I bought this book being fascinated with Pacific War and Battle at Midway for last 10 years. I have read "At Dawn We Slept" from the same authors, and I find "Miracle At Midway" far more vivid and interesting. The story is very detailed, but on the other side rather easy to follow and keeps you on, so you feel you are reading some interesting novel, rather than documentary.
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Title: At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Gordon William Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon ISBN: 0140157344 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: December, 1991 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story by Mitsuo Fuchida, Masatake Okumiya, Thomas B. Buell, Clarke H. Kawakami, Roger Pineau, Raymond A. Spruance ISBN: 1557504288 Publisher: United States Naval Inst. Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History by Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon ISBN: 0140159096 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Dec. 7, 1941 : The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor by Donald M Goldstein, Gordon W Prange, Katherine V Dillon ISBN: 0446389978 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1989 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Incredible Victory (Classics of War) by Walter Lord ISBN: 1580800599 Publisher: Burford Books Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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