| International Standard Book Number |
9780525619444 (hardback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0525619445
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780525619451 (ebook)
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| Personal Name |
Shaara, Jeff, 1952- author.
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| Title Statement |
The eagle's claw : a novel of the Battle of Midway / Jeff Shaara.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Ballantine Books, 2021.
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| Physical Description |
xxiii, 321 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
Jeff Shaara recounts in electrifying detail the U.S. Navy's surge to defend its country in what will become known as one of the most definitive and heroic examples of combat ever seen: the Battle of Midway. In this biting new tale, Shaara shares the stories of all ranks and the unique sacrifices each man is compelled to bravely make for the sake of country, freedom, and honour. Author of "To Wake the Giant." Spring 1942. The United States is reeling from the blow inflicted at Pearl Harbor, but is determined to turn the tide. The key comes from Commander Joe Rochefort, a little known "code breaker" who cracks the Japanese military encryption. Admiral Chester Nimitz will know precisely what the Japanese are planning. On the Japanese side, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's key subordinates are Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, aging and infirm, and Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi, a firebrand who has no patience for Nagumo's hesitation. As they play out the chess game designed by Yamamoto, they have no idea that the Americans are anticipating their every move on the sea and in the air. -- adapted from jacket.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966 Fiction.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Rochefort, Joe, 1900-1976 Fiction.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Yamamoto, Isoroku, 1884-1943 Fiction.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Nagumo, Chuichi, 1887-1944 Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Midway, Battle of, 1942 Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, Japanese Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Cryptographers Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Admirals Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Midway Islands Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Military fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
War stories.
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