Description: Only one elite Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer survived the cruel ocean battlefields of World War II. This is her story. Brett Walker, historian and captain, delves into questions of mechanics, armaments, navigation, training, and even indoctrination, illustrating the daily realities of war for Yukikaze and her crew. By shifting our perspective of the Pacific War away from grand Imperial strategies, and toward the intricacies of fighting on the water, Walker allows us to see the war from Yukikaze's bridge during the most harrowing battles, from Midway to Okinawa. Walker uncovers the ordinary sailor's experience, and we see sailors fight while deep-running currents of Japanese history unfold before their war-weary eyes. As memories of World War II fade, Yukikaze's story becomes ever more important, providing valuable lessons in our contemporary world of looming energy shortfalls, menacing climate uncertainties, and aggressive totalitarian regimes.
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EAN: 9781108837293
UPC: 9781108837293
ISBN: 9781108837293
MPN: N/A
Item Weight: 0.52 kg
Book Title: Yukikaze's War : the Unsinkable Japanese Destroyer and World War II in the Pacific
Number of Pages: 311 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Military / General, World
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: History
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Brett L. Walker
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
