The Battle of Midway

Introduction; 1. CinCPac; 2. The Kido Butai; 3. The Brownshoe Navy; 4. American Counterstrike; 5. Seeking the Decisive Battle; 6. Pete and Jimmy; 7. The Codebreakers; 8. The Coral Sea; 9. The Eve of Battle; 10. Opening Act; 11. Nagumo's Dilemma (4:00 A.M. to 8:30 A.M.); 12. The Flight to Nowhere (7:00 A.M. to 11:20 A.M.); 13. Attack of the Torpedo Squadrons (8:30 A.M. to 10:20 A.M.); 14. The Tipping Point (7:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.); 15. The Japanese Counterstrike (11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.); 16. Denouement; Epilogue

Craig L. Symonds is Professor of History Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy. He is the author of many books on American naval history, including Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles That Shaped American History as well as Lincoln and His Admirals, co-winner of the Lincoln Prize in 2009.

"The Battle of Midway was the hinge on which the war in the Pacific turned. Its story deserves retelling, and Symonds' book does a wonderful job of it." --The American Spectator"Mr. Symonds has marshaled the data of seven decades to produce an account that is clear and readable, benefiting from his easy expertise in naval matters." --The Wall Street Journal"Important...documenting a role too often overlooked and too little understood: the essential role played by the U.S. Navy in winning the war in the Pacific." - The Dallas Morning News"[W]holly satisfying . . . a lucid, intensely researched, mildly revisionist account of a significant moment in American military history." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Craig Symonds has delivered yet another outstanding work, a work that will set the standard for studies of the Battle of Midway for years to come. Even if one thinks one knows all there is to know about Midway, Mr. Symonds' plethora of new facts, rationales for what and why each side performed the way it did, human interest stories and more make The Battle of Midway indispensable . . . The story of the battle unfolding and being fought is absolutely outstanding, but the events before and after it are equally well told. In addition, the supporting charts, photographs, references and bibliography are awesome. For anyone at all interested in the Battle of Midway, the Pacific War or the Navy, this is a must read." --The Washington TimesSelected as a Best Book of 2011 by Military History Quarterly"Deeply researched, shrewdly argued, and powerfully narrated, The Battle of Midway is a superb work of the historian's craft. It easily takes its place as the best and most comprehensive account of the pivotal battle from the American perspective." -Richard B. Frank, author of Guadalcanal: TheDefinitive Account of the Landmark Battle and Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire"In The Battle of Midway Sy