Dan van der Vat (1939–2019)
Auteur van Pacific Campaign: The U.S.-Japanese Naval War 1941-1945
Over de Auteur
Werken van Dan van der Vat
The Titanic Conspiracy: Cover-Ups and Mysteries of the World's Most Famous Sea Disaster (1995) — Auteur — 105 exemplaren
The Ship That Changed the World: The Escape of the Goeben to the Dardanelles in 1914 (1986) 60 exemplaren
Gentlemen of War: The Amazing Story of Commander Karl Von Muller and the S M S Emden (1983) 43 exemplaren
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Vat, Dan van der
- Officiële naam
- Vat, Daniel Francis Jeroen van der
- Geboortedatum
- 1939-10-28
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2019-05-09
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Netherlands
- Geboorteplaats
- Alkmaar, Holland
- Relaties
- Vat, Daan van der (father)
Leden
Besprekingen
Lijsten
Prijzen
Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk
Gerelateerde auteurs
Statistieken
- Werken
- 16
- Leden
- 1,286
- Populariteit
- #19,936
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 17
- ISBNs
- 81
- Talen
- 5
- Favoriet
- 1
It's not clear, though, whether this is meant to be a history or an analysis of the campaign. It starts as the former, presenting mostly facts with explanations as needed, but as the book goes on the author injects his own opinions more and more frequently. I happen to agree with most of them, but it becomes distracting when they're just inserted into the narrative.
Keep in mind that this book was published in 1991, so there are some pieces of conventional wisdom that have since been reexamined as new information has come to light, documents have been declassified, and so on. I don't mean conspiracy theories, for which I have little to no respect; I'm talking about honest reappraisal due to the fresh availability of facts. I notice this more at the beginning of the book than in later chapters.
If you're looking for an overview of the war in the Pacific with some but not overwhelming detail, this book is just what you need. Of necessity, though, it can't go into great depth given the enormity of the conflict -- for that you'll want to find books on the individual operations.… (meer)