Midway Inquest: Why the Japanese Lost the Battle of Midway

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MIDWAY INQUEST Why the Japanese Lost the Battle of Midway DALLAS WOODBURY ISOM MIDWAY INQUEST Twentieth-Century Battles Spencer C. Tucker, editor MIDWAY INQUEST Why the Japanese Lost the Battle of Midway Dallas Woodbury Isom Indiana University Press bloomington and indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2007 by Dallas Woodbury Isom All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Isom, Dallas Woodbury. Midway inquest : why the Japanese lost the Battle of Midway / Dallas Woodbury Isom. p. cm. — (Twentieth-century battles) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-34904-0 (cloth) 1. Midway, Battle of, 1942. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Naval operations, Japanese. 3. World War, 1939–1945—Personal narratives, Japanese. 4. Veteran—Japan— Interviews. I. Title. D774.M5I86 2007 940.54'26699—dc22 2007010712 1 2 3 4 5 12 11 10 09 08 07 ...