Miracle at Midway
1982, First Edition. New York : McGraw-Hill. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #480409
ISBN: 0070506728
Physical description; xvii, 469 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Contents; A Breath of Fresh Air -- The Expected and Constant Threat -- Can You Hold Midway? -- The Principle of Calculated Risk -- Take Off for Attack! -- This Was to Be the Day of Days -- There Is Need for a Second Attack -- A Burning Hell -- I Will Apologize to the Emperor -- The Meaning of Midway, Forty Years Later. Subjects; Midway, Battle of, 1942. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American Pacific Ocean.
Price: €12.95