The eagle's claw : a novel of the Battle of Midway
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Published
New York : Ballantine Books, [2021].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 321 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
Fiction Shaara, J
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Published
New York : Ballantine Books, [2021].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Description
Jeff Shaara recounts in electrifying detail the U.S. Navy's surge to defend its country in what will become known as one of the most definitive and heroic examples of combat ever seen: the Battle of Midway. In this biting new tale, Shaara shares the stories of all ranks and the unique sacrifices each man is compelled to bravely make for the sake of country, freedom, and honour. Author of "To Wake the Giant."
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Spring 1942. The United States is reeling from the blow inflicted at Pearl Harbor, but is determined to turn the tide. The key comes from Commander Joe Rochefort, a little known "code breaker" who cracks the Japanese military encryption. Admiral Chester Nimitz will know precisely what the Japanese are planning. On the Japanese side, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's key subordinates are Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, aging and infirm, and Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi, a firebrand who has no patience for Nagumo's hesitation. As they play out the chess game designed by Yamamoto, they have no idea that the Americans are anticipating their every move on the sea and in the air. -- adapted from jacket
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Admirals -- Fiction.
Cryptographers -- Fiction.
Midway, Battle of, 1942 -- Fiction.
Military fiction.
Nagumo, Chūichi, -- 1887-1944 -- Fiction.
Nimitz, Chester W. -- (Chester William), -- 1885-1966 -- Fiction.
Novels.
Rochefort, Joe, -- 1900-1976 -- Fiction.
War fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese -- Fiction.
Yamamoto, Isoroku, -- 1884-1943 -- Fiction.
Cryptographers -- Fiction.
Midway, Battle of, 1942 -- Fiction.
Military fiction.
Nagumo, Chūichi, -- 1887-1944 -- Fiction.
Nimitz, Chester W. -- (Chester William), -- 1885-1966 -- Fiction.
Novels.
Rochefort, Joe, -- 1900-1976 -- Fiction.
War fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese -- Fiction.
Yamamoto, Isoroku, -- 1884-1943 -- Fiction.