{"product_id":"shattered-sword-the-untold-story-of-the-battle-of-midway","title":"Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‚ÄúShattered Sword [is] a necessary read for anyone interested in the Pacific War.‚Äù\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e‚ÄîNYMAS Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eShattered Sword \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis the winner of the 2005 John Lyman Book Award for the \"Best Book in U.S. Naval History\" and was cited by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eProceedings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e as one of its \"Notable Naval Books\" for 2005.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany 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‚Äôs bestselling \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMiracle at Midway\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement. Unlike previous accounts, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShattered Sword\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e makes extensive use of Japanese primary sources. It also corrects the many errors of Mitsuo Fuchida‚Äôs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMidway: The Battle That Doomed Japan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an uncritical reliance upon which has tainted every previous Western account. It thus forces a major, potentially controversial reevaluation of the great battle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParshall and Tully examine the battle in detail and effortlessly place it within the context of the Imperial Navy‚Äôs doctrine and technology. With a foreword by leading World War II naval historian John Lundstrom, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eShattered Sword\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an indispensable part of any military buff‚Äôs library. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50120201535773,"sku":"9781574889246","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781574889246.jpg?v=1751399895","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/shattered-sword-the-untold-story-of-the-battle-of-midway","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}