Shattered Sword

The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

De: Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully

Narrado por: Tom Perkins

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 best-selling 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 U.S. Naval History" and was cited by Proceedings as one of its "Notable Naval Books" for 2005.

©2005 Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully (P)2019 Tantor

Reseñas de la Crítica

“This incredibly detailed book provides a whole new approach to the study and interpretation of the battle.” (Ships and Shipping)

John Lyman Book Award, Best Book in U.S. Naval History, 2005

Notable Naval Books, Proceedings, 2005.

learned a lot about a battle I thought I knew.

so much interesting detail and Revelations from Japanese sources. Narrator ennunciates to much, but alright.

Analysis of the Classic Battle

Author is a bit too sanctimonious for me, He does give an excellent detailed account, but his conclusions are presented as facts instead of his opinion. A book that is really worth the time and effort.

An interesting non conventional look the Pacific

By telling the story of Midway we gain greater insight into the battle and we learn how the myth of the battle had some deception baked into it by a Japanese Naval Officer inorder to save face and from that falsehood we as Americans view the battle somewhat incorrectly.

VERY readable and Interesting

The book is especially good for providing a Japanese perspective on all the happenings of Midway. Eye opening and devastating to the classic miracle accounts.

Tough View of Midway

you will not escape this revisionist view of a battle that has achieved folklore status with a single reading or listening. The authors are to be admired for their willingness to take on what for half a century has been regarded as conventional wisdom.