00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862447582 Buklod 20230830145802.0 m | | ta 230830s2006 nyuae rb |001 0|eng 0743252217 9780743252218 (iLib)UPBAG-00044608675 BC-72450 Gift- Ms. Katherine Sobeck DLC BAG rda eng D 770 T43 2006 Thomas, Evan 1951- author. Sea of thunder four commanders and the last great naval campaign, 1941-1945 Evan Thomas. New York Simon & Schuster [2006] [2006] 414 pages illustrations, plans 25 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-402) and index. Journalist and historian Thomas writes with a knowing feel for the clash of cultures as he follows four men through the naval war of 1941-1945 in the South Pacific: Admiral William ("Bull") Halsey, the macho, gallant, racist American fleet commander; Admiral Takeo Kurita, the Japanese battleship commander charged with making what was, in essence, a suicidal fleet attack against the American invasion of the Philippines; Admiral Matome Ugaki, a self-styled samurai who was the commander of all kamikazes and himself the last kamikaze of the war; and Commander Ernest Evans, a Cherokee Indian and Annapolis graduate who led his destroyer on the last great charge in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the biggest naval battle ever fought. From new documents and interviews with American and Japanese veterans, Thomas was able to piece together and answer mysteries about the battle that have puzzled historians for decades.--From publisher description. United States. Navy History World War, 1939-1945. Japan. Kaigun History World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Ocean. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, Japanese. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN D 770 T43 2006 Book