His focus is on the key decision makers, from King and Nimitz to the task force, ship, and aviation squadron commanders. Symonds needs no introduction to IJNH’s readership, having published widely in naval and American history and having taught countless midshipmen at Annapolis for thirty years.īuilding on research for the Midway chapter from his 2005 Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles That Shaped American History (also an Oxford publication), Symonds synthesizes the recent superb scholarship on this decisive battle and adds his own emphasis and analysis. The series editors of Oxford’s “Pivotal Moments in American History” collection certainly hit a home run when they asked Craig Symonds to write about the battle of Midway. 452 pp., appendices, notes, bibliography, photos, index. Symonds, The Battle of Midway, Oxford University Press, 2011.
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