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Books : Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles As Seen Through Japanese EyesIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $27.95 Amazon.com's Price: $18.45 You Save: $9.50 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 940.545952092 EAN: 9781591143543 ISBN: 1591143543 Label: Naval Institute Press Manufacturer: Naval Institute Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: April 02, 2007 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Release Date: April 02, 2007 Studio: Naval Institute Press Sales Rank: 45321 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The Naval Institute Press is pleased to make available for the first time this cloth edition of a now-classic war memoir that was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s. Originally published as a paperback in 1961, it has long been treasured by World War II buffs and professional historians for its insights into the Japanese side of the surface war in the Pacific. The book has been credited with correcting errors in U.S. accounts of various battles and with revealing details of high-level Imperial Japanese Navy strategy meetings. The author, Captain Tameichi Hara, was a survivor of more than one hundred sorties against the Allies and was known throughout Japan as the Unsinkable Captain. Called the workhorses of the navy, Japanese destroyers shouldered the heaviest burden of the surface war and took part in scores of intense sea battles, many of which Captain Hara describes here. In the early days of the war victories were common, but by 1943, the lack of proper maintenance of the destroyers and sufficient supplies, along with Allied development of scientific equipment and superior aircraft, took its toll. On April 7, 1945, during the Japanese navy s last sortie, Captain Hara managed to survive the sinking of his own ship only to witness the demise of the famed Japanese battleship Yamato off Okinawa. A hero to his countrymen, Captain Hara exemplified the best in Japanese surface commanders: highly skilled (he wrote the manual on torpedo warfare), hard driving, and aggressive. Moreover, he maintained a code of honor worthy of his samurai grandfather, and, as readers of this book have come to appreciate, he was as free with praise for American courage and resourcefulness as he was critical of himself and his senior commanders. The book s popularity over the past forty-six years testifies to the author s success at writing an objective account of what happened that provides not only a fascinating eyewitness record of the war, but also an honest and dispassionate assessment of Japan s high command. Captain Hara s sage advice on leadership is as applicable today as it was when written. For readers new to this book and for those who have read and re-read their paperback editions until they have fallen apart, this new hardcover edition assures them a permanent source of reference and enjoyment. Average Rating:
 Rating: - A veteran of the Tokyo Express and Ten-Go lives to tell the taleThis is the indispensable memoir of Japanese destroyer captain Tameichi Hara. Hara was born in 1900 into a poor farming family and was greatly influenced by his grandfather, a former Samurai. He graduated from the Japanese naval academy at Eta Jima in 1921. His memoir is both an entertaining tale of men at war and an analytical look at Japanese naval command decisions and personalities. Hara's service in WWII starts in the heady days of Japanese success with the attack on Davao in ... Read More Rating: - Insight in the japanese view of the naval war.The first book that I've read that describes the Japanese view of the Battle of the Java Sea in february 1942. Shocking to read that the Allied Task-Force actually was very close to a victory. Had Rear-Admiral Doorman's cruiser-equipped force(inluding two heavy and three light cruisers) pushed on towards the Japanese eastern invasion convoy, then there would have been little that the Japanese naval covering-force could have done to save the Japanese transports. Initially the Japanese covering-force ... Read More Rating: - The Pacific Naval War thru Japanese eyesJapanese Destroyer Captain by CAPT Tameichi Hara Japanese Destroyer Captain (JDC) is CAPT Hara's tale of his service in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). CAPT Hara divided his story into five parts; Born a Samurai, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, The Tokyo Express, Against the Odds, and the Last Sortie. Each section details CAPT Hara's experiences at that time and provides insight into the Japanese naval officer in WWII. My Likes: Captain Hara has a take no prisoners ... Read More Rating: - Excellent Book-Patriots Can Enjoy it Too!I was hesitant to buy this book at first; war stories from the Japanese captain's eyes? He is just gonna bad mouth the Americans and say a bunch of non-sense as to why the war wasn't Japan's fault I suspected. But it turns out he is acutally pretty fair in his descriptions and most of his opinions of the war. He appears to be highly competent and realistic; traits not often seen amoung his fellow commanders. Description of the actions are very good and his career through the war is very interesting. ... Read More Rating: - Great bookIf you, like I, have an interest in WWII, this book is for you. I've read many books on submarine and destroyer actions from WWII and this is the first one from the Japanese point of view. It was riveting and hard to put down. Browse for similar items by category:
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