Can you give a brief synopsis of what it revolutionizes so as to whet the appetite for those interested in the subject matter?
Going on memory, most of the book busts myths that were actually perpetuated by Japanese historians and accepted by Americans, such as:
1) The crucial attack on Japanese carriers was brought about purely by the sacrifice of earlier attacking planes drawing the Japanese fighter defense down to sea level.
In fact, the most that can really be said is that those planes did nothing like that and at best merely made the Japanese fighters waste a lot of their 20mm ammo.
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a) The American planes that eventually hit the Japanese carriers only were able to do so because there was nothing to stop them except the carrier anti-aircraft.
In fact a lot of the attack planes had to deal with enemy fighters but use of new tactics (such as the 'Thatch Weave") or staying in formation (It is hard to attack Torpedo/Bomber planes when they still in formation) allowed them to get through. There a point in the book where, while it is never explicitly said, you can almost hear the Japanese pilots saying "This isn't fun anymore!"
2) Lucky America: Lucky, lucky USA in Midway. It was pure luck that the Japanese scout plane had a radio failure, it was pure luck that American planes found the Japanese carriers, luck was simply with the US all day long. Without this luck the US fleet was doomed.
In reality, both sides had their share of luck, although one could argue with Japan making some luck for the US via sheer arrogance (such as altering outcomes when wargaming the battle). In fact most 'luck' would have had no bearing on the battle (such as the radio message) or was made by tenacity (such as finding the enemy fleets). Japanese historians often overlook some luck on their part - such as the USS Nautilus' torpedoes failing, the Midway plane that almost slammed into a carrier's command tower, etc)
3) Carrier decks of death - It is often alleged that the reason the carriers were so vulnerable was due to Nagumo's indecision about arming the planes to attack Midway again or enemy carriers. This resulted in the deck being covered with munitions and fueled planes.
In fact these conditions hardly mattered. Poor (and arrogance-based) damage control and attack preparations doomed the carriers once hit. Japanese carriers never pumped AVGAS out of the fuel lines during attacks resulting in infernos waiting to happen.
4) Had Japan one, Midway would have been easily stomped by Japanese Maritime troops and turned into an 'unsinkable carrier'.
In fact, the attacks on Midway didn't do nearly enough damage to soften them up and there was little indication a series of further raids would do any more. In addition, Japanese naval ships were not very good at shore bombardment The defenses were in place for an invasion, and the coral reef conditions were such that the only attack zone was a small beach area. With all the firepower on the island and the limited number of troops most of the landing craft would likely have never even reached the shores of Midway. The result would have been a siege that Japan did not have the logistics to maintain.
