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Description

1. xxiii, 321 pages : maps; 25 cm

Summary

1. Jeff Shaara recounts in electrifying detail the U.S. Navy's surge to defend its country in what will become known as one of the most definitive and heroic examples of combat ever seen: the Battle of Midway. In this biting new tale, Shaara shares the stories of all ranks and the unique sacrifices each man is compelled to bravely make for the sake of country, freedom, and honour. Author of "To Wake the Giant."
2. Spring 1942. The United States is reeling from the blow inflicted at Pearl Harbor, but is determined to turn the tide. The key comes from Commander Joe Rochefort, a little known "code breaker" who cracks the Japanese military encryption. Admiral Chester Nimitz will know precisely what the Japanese are planning. On the Japanese side, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's key subordinates are Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, aging and infirm, and Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi, a firebrand who has no patience for Nagumo's hesitation. As they play out the chess game designed by Yamamoto, they have no idea that the Americans are anticipating their every move on the sea and in the air. -- adapted from jacket

Subject

1. Nimitz, Chester W. 1885-1966 > Fiction
2. Rochefort, Joe, 1900-1976 > Fiction
3. Yamamoto, Isoroku, 1884-1943 > Fiction
4. Nagumo, Chūichi, 1887-1944 > Fiction
5. Rochefort, Joe, 1900-1976
6. Nimitz, Chester W. 1885-1966
7. Nagumo, Chūichi, 1887-1944
8. Yamamoto, Isoroku, 1884-1943
9. 1939-1945
10. 1942
11. Midway, Battle of, 1942 > Fiction
12. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area > Fiction
13. World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American > Fiction
14. World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, Japanese > Fiction
15. Cryptographers > Fiction
16. Admirals > Fiction
17. Military operations, Naval > Japanese
18. Military operations, Naval > American
19. Military campaigns
20. Cryptographers
21. Admirals
22. Pacific Area
23. Midway Islands

Genre/Form

1. Military fiction.
2. Historical fiction.
3. War fiction.
4. Fiction.

Call number

1. JFE 21-8937

Author

1. Shaara, Jeff, 1952- author.

Title

1. The eagle's claw : a novel of the Battle of Midway / Jeff Shaara.

Publisher

1. New York : Ballantine Books, [2021]

Edition

1. First Edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Chronological term

1. 1939-1945
2. 1942

Other form:

1. Online version: Shaara, Jeff, 1952- The eagle's claw. First edition New York : Ballantine Books, [2021] 9780525619451 (DLC) 2021003765

LCCN

1. 2021003764

ISBN

1. 9780525619444 (hardback ; acid-free paper)
2. 0525619445 (hardback ; acid-free paper)

Research call number

1. JFE 21-8937