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Bezig met laden... Japanese Destroyer Captaindoor Tameichi Hara
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. classic war memoir that was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s. Originally published as a paperback in 1961, it has long been treasured by World War II buffs and professional historians for its insights into the Japanese side of the surface war in the Pacific. The book has been credited with correcting errors in U.S. accounts of various battles and with revealing details of high-level Imperial Japanese Navy strategy meetings. The author, Captain Tameichi Hara, was a survivor of more than one hundred sorties against the Allies and was known throughout Japan as the Unsinkable Captain. Well this one was different from the other Japanese books I've been reading. An historical biography dealing with some key naval events of WW2 This guy was a destroyer captain of great fame during the war. His stories are so gripping and at the same time so tragic when recounting the losses on either side. Honest in an almost clinical way and never shying away from painful truths. And although so different from the other Japanese books, once again that whole idea of face and shame coming through as the underlying root of much bravery and many foolish mistakes. At times while reading this book I could feel the simple unrelenting force of these 2 abstract ideas being manifest in such tangible terms and with such a horrendous toll in human lives. The meeting of these naval forces and the clash of the Japanese psyche and the American psyche being very much like old world meets new world, the sedate and the brash, the structured and the fluid, the honourable and expedient. I was gripped to the very end, and what a candid telling of the end days and the "kamikaze madness' that filled those last tragic days. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Verwijzingen naar dit werk in externe bronnen. Wikipedia in het Engels (31)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, Capt. Hara exemplified the best in Japanese surface commanders: highly skilled, hard driving, and aggressive. Moreover, he maintained a code of honor worthy of his samurai grandfather, and, as readers of this book Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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He was then stationed in Japan heading torpedo boat training for a year, before gaining command of a cruiser that was sent on a one-way trip to oblivion with the Yamato in April of 1945.
Written a couple decades later, Hara is unsparing in his criticism of IJN leadership, including Yamamoto.
Happy to have stumbled across this one of a kind memoir. ( )