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Interesting, but is it accurate?, Mai 18 2003
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In Chapter 31, the authors make a big deal about the use of the singular "enemy carrier" instead of the plural "enemy carriers" by the Japanese admirals as proof of the confusion the Japanese were in. But the Japanese language does not distinguish between singluar and plural forms so this is just an artifact of the English translation. This makes you wonder just how many conclusions the authors jumped to based on some poor English translation of the Japanese material.
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Miracle at Midway is a Gripping Read!, Avril 19 2003
This book is one of the best works I have read about the Pacific War and it is one of my favorite accounts of the Battle of Midway. Even though it is not a Pearl Harbor-only volume like other books by Prange, Dillon, and Goldstein, I agree with Penguin's characterization of Miracle at Midway as a sequel to At Dawn We Slept, Prange's definitive account of the events before, during, and after the Day of Infamy.Miracle at Midway picks up the narrative of events soon after the Pearl Harbor Striking Force under the command of Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo returns to Japan, hailed as heroes by everyone in the Empire. It then, economically and without bogging down in detail, describes the events that led to the battle of Midway, a small atoll at the far end of the Hawaiian island chains. Attention to detail is given to the planning and execution of both American and Japanese operations in the Midway battle. Prange and his co-authors point out that Midway was Pearl Harbor in reverse; the Japanese, who had been careful and canny in December 1941, were overconfident and somewhat sloppy in planning and executing Operation MI. The Americans, who had been caught unprepared six months earlier, were able to break Japan's JN-25 Naval Communications Code and set a carefully laid ambush in the path of Japan's mighty First Air Fleet. This book is highly readable (though I prefer Walter Lord's Incredible Victory), and I give it a strong recommendation, even though it has very few pictures and even fewer maps.
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Indulgent Style Slows Down Great Story, Fév 11 2003
The Battle of Midway stands as the single most important American battle fought in WWII, and quite possibly was the most important engagment ever fought by the US Navy. In many ways, it was truly a 'miracle' for the American forces, as Prange's title claims. And he conveys the sense of urgency accompanying the battle on both sides well. Furthermore, his account is factually exhaustive (and adequately footmarked, most of the time). But Prange's writing style is too self-indulgent and verbose to handle the multitude of names, locations, and times thrown at the reader. Ironically (and frustratingly) he praises certain commanders for the sparse, just-the-facts style of their reports, orders, and so on. And yet Prange himself lacks any economy of words. This poor writing and the sparcity of maps & photographs (to serve as refrences) slowed the text down to a monotonous grind.
Nevertheless, Prange's attentiveness to facts, though obscured at times due to his writing style, is a breath of historical fresh air. This is very much an historian's account of the battle, and worth reading--just do a lot of skimming.
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