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"New" book on Pearl Harbor, attack analysis.

Thanks.

I have read several books on World War II but I am not familiar with this book. However, I would like to read it in the near future.
 
Anyway, about the book. This is not a recapitulation of what other people have said, it's a look at the attack from a war college level-viewpoint. Odds, percentages, and probabilities fly thick and fast, and "what if" scenarios are carefully examined.
 
Gawdzilla said:
Anyway, about the book. This is not a recapitulation of what other people have said, it's a look at the attack from a war college level-viewpoint. Odds, percentages, and probabilities fly thick and fast, and "what if" scenarios are carefully examined.
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Hmm, sounds interesting. however my "to be read" pile is growing too fast as it is.:(
 
Corsair 115 said:
Care to elaborate?
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Well, I wasn't aware that it was designated a "peace-time only" anchorage, or that the fleet hadn't used it for over a year. I do find it interesting that no IJN fleet submarines, out of 23 in the area, were assigned to the west coast of Maui. It was also interesting that some of the soundings were less that 60 feet deep.

He's also very rough on Fuchida.
 
Presumably this is the same Alan Zimm who created the old DOS naval war game Action Stations. Zimm was a US Navy officer, and he made the original version to test naval AI concepts; he chose WWII because of the large amount of unclassified data available. He then created a PC version for all of us naval war game grognards. The gunnery and damage models are outstanding, but the interface is extremely primitive and clunky, and the radar and visual spotting rules leave much to be desired. I still play it in DOS Box once in a while.

I'll definitely be reading the book after finals are over.
 
SpitfireIX said:
Presumably this is the same Alan Zimm who created the old DOS naval war game Action Stations. Zimm was a US Navy officer, and he made the original version to test naval AI concepts; he chose WWII because of the large amount of unclassified data available. He then created a PC version for all of us naval war game grognards. The gunnery and damage models are outstanding, but the interface is extremely primitive and clunky, and the radar and visual spotting rules leave much to be desired. I still play it in DOS Box once in a while.

I'll definitely be reading the book after finals are over.
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You sound like you're dead in the center of the target audience. :)

He agrees with me that Yamamoto had no reason to worry about "The Final Communication to the United States" (the "14-part message) and destroys several myths most casually. (Sink a ship in the channel to block up the harbor? The 1200 foot wide channel? With a 600 foot BB?)
 
Just went on my "must kindle" list. the last two words of the title made me dismiss as still another PH Conspiracy theory gargage book, but it sounds very interesting.
 
dudalb said:
Just went on my "must kindle" list. the last two words of the title made me dismiss as still another PH Conspiracy theory gargage book, but it sounds very interesting.
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Zimm doesn't bother with CTs, he has a full book just dealing with the accepted misconceptions. The last chapter is on the "fifth midget", something that's always irked me. If people could count there wouldn't be a mystery there.
 
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