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Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941
Kaigun Strategy Tactics and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy 18871941 Author:David C. Evans, Mark R. Peattie Now in paperback for the first time, this classic history of WWII was a recipient of the Society for Military History's 1999 Distinguished Book Award. It documents the Imperial Japanese Navy's instrumental role in Japan's rise from an isolationist feudal kingdom to a potent military empire. Unrivaled in its breadth and attention to detail, this ... more »important history explores the foreign and indigenous influences on the Japanese navy's thinking about naval warfare.« less