Japanese destroyer captain
by Tameichi Hara, Fred Saito, Roger Pineau · first published 1961
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(from back cover) 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 on torpedo warfare), hard driving, and aggressive. Moreover, he maintained a code of honor
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…of the variety of modern naval warfare by picking up the volumes on Midway and the Struggle for Guadalcanal. C.S. Forester's novels, while historical fiction, are also excellent. I'd also recommend Japanese Destroyer Captain by Tameichi Hara, another powerful first hand account. Reading Hara and Morison's accounts of a battle in which both participated is really interesting.
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