Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway, (Hardcover)

from Shrike58

Just when you think that there is no need to read yet another book dealing with some aspect of the Second World War, along comes a work that knocks some cherished myth in the head. What Parshall and Tully have done is taken the body of Japanese scholarship that has been generated in the last twen...

from martinhughharvey

I must 'fess up to being fascinated by the Pacific campaigns during WWII. So to hear of a, relatively modern, revisionist POV on the seminal battle of Midway was a no brainer for me. As you can garner from my rating this is an exceptional book. Exceptional as it changes many of our long-held view...

from Miro

Parshall goes to original sources and rebuilds events without bias = revisionism for the best reasons. He shows how important it is to get down to the level of procedures, ship designs etc. while at the same time going into higher level questions such as national/military ethos to find out why th...

from stellarexplorer

Shattered Sword is one of the finest -- if not the finest -- works of military history I've ever read. It is no ordinary military history, but rather a work of military analysis. The book has a purpose and it is not only to provide a lucid account of the battle, though it does that well. This is ...

from HadriantheBlind

Brilliantly researched, highly technical history of the Battle of Midway which upends the long-established myths about the battle and tells the whole story with extreme detail and engaging wit. Necessary to own for any WWII naval buff.