| Title: Name of the book: | Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway | Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway |
| Author: Author: | Parshall, Jonathan; Tully, Anthony | |
| Place of publication: Published in: | - | |
| Publisher: Publisher: | Potomac Books | |
| release Year: Year of Publication: | 2005 | |
| Number of pages : Pages: | 568 | |
| ISBN10: ISBN10: | 1574889230 | |
| ISBN13 : ISBN13: | 978-1574889239 | |
| Photo envelopes: Cover: | - | |
| Contents: Content: | View of the Battle of Midway from the Japanese side, with the use of analysis of primary sources and the standard japanese practices. | An overview of the battle of Midway from thee Japanese side, using the ah analysis of primary sources and the standard of the Japanese modus operandi. |
| Annotation: Anotation: | the Book deals with clarifying a number of controversial points relating to the Battle of Midway, especially the disputed points which in the Midwayské "mythology" were given thanks Fučidovi. In particular, the authors focus on the influence of Japanese doctrine on the operations of aircraft carriers and on the fundamental errors in the description of the situation 4. June - including dispelling the myth of the "critical five minutes" and "miraculous victory". Based on Japanese reports, even from the testimony of witnesses that enough time to cast a new light on what happened that day. | The Shattered Sword tries to shed some light on a number of sure you want to delete the events surrounding the battle of Midway, especially those intorduced in the "Midway of mythology" due to Fuchida's book. The Main focus of the authors aims at the influence of japanese dctrine and standard procedures, and on critical points of the June 4th oprations, including dispelling the "Critical 5 minutes" and "miraculous victory". They based their information on Japanese reports and numerous eyewitness discounts, which often shed entirely new light on the "what", "how" and "why". |
| Reviews: Review: | Shattered Sword is a very interesting publication, which, despite the somewhat "sensational" headline trying to play on the "sensational" revelations, as well as trying to find the "real culprit",even when it is necessary to add that a number of misconduct moving from the shoulders of the usual "scapegoat" - admiral Nagumo - upward (and down). What but the book seeks above all is the description of the situation as it has become, including the elucidation of the sequence of events or even of how far in fact the Japanese ships were from the start of the attack on the American ships. Particularly interesting are insights into the differences in design and operating philosophy - most of the Western authors they did not attach a lot of importance and assumed it was equivalent to U.s. procedures. No less interesting is also the analysis of what Nagumo knew, and how could he effectively lead due to the layout of the available space on the Akagi. At the same time, is a book written well written and one can go through in one breath. Unfortunately I so far haven't come across in the English translation, I hope, that sometimes also appear. | - |