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Books : Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5426
EAN: 9780743252218
ISBN: 0743252217
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: November 07, 2006
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Studio: Simon & Schuster
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Sea of Thunder is a taut, fast-paced, suspenseful narrative of the Pacific War that culminates in the battle of Leyte Gulf, the greatest naval battle ever fought. Told from both the American and Japanese sides, through the eyes of commanders and sailors of both navies, Thomas's history adds an important new dimension to our understanding of World War II.
Drawing on oral histories, diaries, correspondence, postwar testimony from both American and Japanese participants, and interviews with survivors, Thomas provides an account not only of the great sea battle and Pacific naval war, but of the contrasting cultures pitted against each other.
Rating:
- Incredible story of history's greatest naval battle
The story of the grandest naval battle in history, at the height of World War II in the small Leyte Gulf in the Phillipines. The US Navy was more powerful and had more and better ships. The Japanese were more cunning and more ruthless. Nevertheless, at this point in the war, the Japanese were grasping at straws and the battle should have been a swift victory for the US.
But problems arose when Admiral William Halsey began to seek the glory of battle: communication breakdown and poor ... Read More
Rating: - Sea of Thunder
Sea of Thunder by Evan Thomas
Published by Simon & Shuster 2006 414 pps.
A Review by Colin J. Edwards
Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign.
One might be forgiven for thinking that everything that can be said about World War II, has already been said. That is probably right; but it is not what is said, but how it is said. In Sea of Thunder, Evan Thomas brings a balanced appraisal of the leading personalities involved in the Battle of Leyte Gulf at the close ... Read More
Rating:
- A Great Insight Into Naval Warfare Minds
This book was thoroughly enjoyable, particularly for a WW2 Naval history buff like myself. Evan Thomas gives us four opposing leaders in the Pacific War. The daring American Admiral "Bull" Halsey who was a famed fighting icon. The other three were an American destroyer captain who won the Medal of Honor as well as two main Japanese admirals Matome Ugaki and Takeo Kurita. Thomas uses lots of varying resources - debriefings, eyewitnesses, , diaries and interviews and more to give us portraits of these ... Read More
Rating:
- Read 'Last of the Tin Can Sailors' instead
This is a good read as an adjunct to the other book, but 'Last' is better. It is often referenced in this book, and for good reason. This book delves into the mind set of the Japanese sailor, but their 'fight to the death' mentality has already been explored many times before.
Rating: - more personal than detailed history
Evan Thomas examines more of the personalities of individuals and a general sweep of some of the Pacific war than providing a detailed military history of engagements and their root causes. He assumes the reader is somewhat familiar with World War II and the basics in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima. Even so, he touches on key points and themes to refresh the reader's understanding, perhaps to fill in some gaps, and to give his own orientation and spin on events and some people involved. ... Read More
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Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945
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Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5426
EAN: 9780743252218
ISBN: 0743252217
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: November 07, 2006
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Studio: Simon & Schuster
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Sea of Thunder is a taut, fast-paced, suspenseful narrative of the Pacific War that culminates in the battle of Leyte Gulf, the greatest naval battle ever fought. Told from both the American and Japanese sides, through the eyes of commanders and sailors of both navies, Thomas's history adds an important new dimension to our understanding of World War II.
Drawing on oral histories, diaries, correspondence, postwar testimony from both American and Japanese participants, and interviews with survivors, Thomas provides an account not only of the great sea battle and Pacific naval war, but of the contrasting cultures pitted against each other.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Incredible story of history's greatest naval battleThe story of the grandest naval battle in history, at the height of World War II in the small Leyte Gulf in the Phillipines. The US Navy was more powerful and had more and better ships. The Japanese were more cunning and more ruthless. Nevertheless, at this point in the war, the Japanese were grasping at straws and the battle should have been a swift victory for the US.
But problems arose when Admiral William Halsey began to seek the glory of battle: communication breakdown and poor ... Read More
Rating:
- Sea of ThunderSea of Thunder by Evan Thomas
Published by Simon & Shuster 2006 414 pps.
A Review by Colin J. Edwards
Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign.
One might be forgiven for thinking that everything that can be said about World War II, has already been said. That is probably right; but it is not what is said, but how it is said. In Sea of Thunder, Evan Thomas brings a balanced appraisal of the leading personalities involved in the Battle of Leyte Gulf at the close ... Read More
Rating:
- A Great Insight Into Naval Warfare MindsThis book was thoroughly enjoyable, particularly for a WW2 Naval history buff like myself. Evan Thomas gives us four opposing leaders in the Pacific War. The daring American Admiral "Bull" Halsey who was a famed fighting icon. The other three were an American destroyer captain who won the Medal of Honor as well as two main Japanese admirals Matome Ugaki and Takeo Kurita. Thomas uses lots of varying resources - debriefings, eyewitnesses, , diaries and interviews and more to give us portraits of these ... Read More
Rating:
- Read 'Last of the Tin Can Sailors' insteadThis is a good read as an adjunct to the other book, but 'Last' is better. It is often referenced in this book, and for good reason. This book delves into the mind set of the Japanese sailor, but their 'fight to the death' mentality has already been explored many times before.
Rating:
- more personal than detailed historyEvan Thomas examines more of the personalities of individuals and a general sweep of some of the Pacific war than providing a detailed military history of engagements and their root causes. He assumes the reader is somewhat familiar with World War II and the basics in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima. Even so, he touches on key points and themes to refresh the reader's understanding, perhaps to fill in some gaps, and to give his own orientation and spin on events and some people involved. ... Read More
Arts & Photography • Biographies & Memoirs • Business & Investing • Children's Books • Comics & Graphic Novels • Computers & Internet • Cooking, Food & Wine • Entertainment • Gay & Lesbian • Health, Mind & Body • History • Home & Garden • Law • Literature & Fiction • Medicine • Mystery & Thrillers • Nonfiction • Outdoors & Nature • Parenting & Families • Professional & Technical • Reference • Religion & Spirituality • Romance • Science • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Sports • Teens • Travel •
