Hoyt, Edwin P. Yamamoto; the man who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)

Kliatt | January 1, 2002| | Copyright

Lyons Press. 271p. map. notes. index. c1990. 1-58574-428-X. $16.95. SA

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto will be known forever to Americans for his role in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In truth, however, planning and orchestrating that raid was only one of the accomplishments for which he will be remembered. A surface-warfare officer during his early career, he encouraged and guided the expansion of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the 1930s; then, becoming a convert to the possibilities of air power, he almost single-handedly imposed the air doctrine on a conservative ...

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