Known to his countrymen as the "Unsinkable Captain," Japanese Naval Captain Tameichi Hara survived more than 100 sorties against Allied forces during WWII. His memoir was a best-selling paperback in the U.S. and Japan during the 1960s. For this hardcover edition, journalist Saito (Associated Press) spent hundreds of hours interviewing Hara in order to produce a more full and accurate report. U.…
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, this fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded …