Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
Jonathan Parshall · Anthony Tully
Apr 2019 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Tom Perkins
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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 US naval history" and was cited by Proceedings as one of its "notable naval books" for 2005.
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Benjamin Schlur
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August 19, 2022
Fantastic mix of examination of dry doctrine and human stories from both sides of the battle. This all brings together a picture which wipes away tons of misconceptions which have existed in western common perception, and many of which existed in western scholarship, and presents a much clearer picture of the reality of the battle.
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Jonathan Parshall was a member of a 1999 mission to the Midway battle site by the Nauticos Corp. and the US Navy Oceanographic Office. Parshall is widely published on naval history in journals and magazines and has contributed to a number of books on the topic. Parshall lives in Minneapolis.
Anthony Tully was a member of a 1999 mission to the Midway battle site by the Nauticos Corp. and the US Navy Oceanographic Office.
An award-winning audio engineer for over forty years, Tom Perkins has expanded his skills to narrating and has more than sixty titles to his credit. He learned by working with the world's best voice talent during his career, and he continues to engineer a variety of projects.
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