The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Japanese Navy - Softcover

Agawa, Hiroyuki

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ISBN 10: 4770025394 ISBN 13: 9784770025395

Verlag: Kodansha International Ltd, 2000

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Based upon Japanese naval documentary sources, this biography is an in-depth look at the life and times of the architect of the Pearl Harbor raid, and the military institution of which he was a part.

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This is the story of both an individual and an organization. The individual is Admiral Yamamoto, the architect of the Pearl Harbor raid and commander of the Combined Fleet until his dramatic death in the South Pacific. One of the best-known Japanese wartime leaders -- complex, tough, sympathetic, and realistic -- he believed from the start that Japan was bound to lose the war. The organization is the Imperial Navy, whose gentlemanly traditions and international outlook contrasted strongly with those of the army.

Based on interviews with people who knew him well, private and intimate correspondence, and secret and official documents, it is -- as the New Yorker said -- a "brilliant" book.

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• Verlag: Kodansha International Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 4770025394
• ISBN 13: 9784770025395
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 408