Shattered Sword
The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
Potomac Books · Print & ebook · November 1, 2007
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- Who it’s for
- For when you want Midway unpacked with clarity, tension, and a historian’s unsentimental eye.
- Genres
- WWII Pacific Theater, Naval History, Japanese History
- Published
- Potomac Books, November 1, 2007
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“Shattered Sword [is] a necessary read for anyone interested in the Pacific War.”—NYMAS Review 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. 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.
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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.
Midway, Reconsidered
For when you want Midway unpacked with clarity, tension, and a historian’s unsentimental eye.
Come here for
- Pacific naval history with a sharp explanatory edge
- a Midway account that reads like analysis, not pageantry
Expect
- careful attention to ships, submarines, and command choices
- a sustained read that favors insight over myth
Where it sits
| WWII Pacific Theater | 95% |
|---|---|
| Naval History | 87% |
| Japanese History | 62% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Japanese History
- World War II History
- Military Aviation
- Naval History
- Authors
- Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully, Tom Perkins
- Publisher
- Potomac Books
- Published
- November 1, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Japanese History