Record details

• ISBN: 9780195397932
• ISBN: 0195397932
• ISBN: 9780199315987
• Physical Description: xii, 452 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
• Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
• Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-442) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

CinCPac -- The Kidō butai -- The brown shoe navy -- American counterstrike -- Seeking the decisive battle -- Pete and Jimmy -- The code breakers -- The Battle of the Coral Sea -- The eve of battle -- Opening act -- Nagumo's dilemma (4:00 A.M. to 8:30 A.M.) -- The flight to nowhere (7:00 A.M. to 11:20 A.M.) -- Attack of the torpedo squadrons (8:30 A.M. to 10:20 A.M.) -- The tipping point (7:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.) -- The Japanese counterstrike (11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.) -- Dénouement -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: American and Japanese aircraft carriers -- Appendix B: American and Japanese aircraft -- Appendix C: American order of battle -- Appendix D: Japanese order of battle -- Appendix E: How much did the U.S. know of Japanese plans? -- Appendix F: The flight to nowhere.

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Midway, Battle of, 1942.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
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