| Edition |
1st Naval Institute Press pbk. ed. |
| Description |
x, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: 2006. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Born a Samurai -- Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal -- The "Tokyo Express" -- Against the odds -- The last sortie. |
| Language |
Translated from the Japanese. |
| Summary |
This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its insights into the Japanese side of the surface war in the Pacific. The author was a survivor of more than one hundred sorties against the Allies and was known throughout Japan as the "Unsinkable Captain." A hero to his countrymen, Captain Hara exemplified the best in Japanese surface commanders: highly skilled (he wrote the manual or 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. |
| Subject |
Hara, Tameichi, 1900-1980.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese.
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Ship captains -- Japan -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Japanese.
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Hara, Tameichi, 1900-1980. (OCoLC)fst01822817
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Military operations, Naval -- Japanese.
(OCoLC)fst01937589
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Ship captains. (OCoLC)fst01116147
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Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082
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World War, 1939-1945.
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Ship captains -- Biography.
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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| Chronological Term |
1939-1945
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Personal narratives -- Japanese.
(OCoLC)fst01424124
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Personal narratives.
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| Added Author |
Saito, Fred.
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Pineau, Roger, 1916-1993.
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| Added Title |
Teikoku Kaigun no saigo. English
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| ISBN |
9781591143840 (pbk.) |
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1591143845 (pbk.) |
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