Japanese Destroyer Captain
Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway–the Great Naval Battles as Seen Through Japanese Eyes
$39.19
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
21 November 2011
Summary
This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its insights into the Japanese side of the surface war in the Pacific. The author was a survivor of more than one hundred sorties against the Allies and was known throughout Japan as the Unsinkable Captain. A hero to his countrymen, Capt. Hara exemplified the best in Japanese surface commanders: highly skilled (he wrote the manual on torpedo warf…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781591143840 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1591143845 |
| Author: | Tameichi Hari |
| Publisher: | Naval Institute Press |
| Imprint: | Naval Institute Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 21 November 2011 |
| Weight: | 458g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 229mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Tameichi Hari
Capt. Tameichi Hara was a destroyer squadron commander for most of the war aboard Shigure. Fred Saito translated and expanded the original manuscript, after spending more than eight hundred hours interviewing Hara. Roger Pineau added the footnotes and checked the accuracy of the battle accounts.
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