Admiral Yamamoto: The Gripping Story of the Legendary Japanese Naval Commander Who Planned and Executed the Attack on Pearl Harbor

A gripping biography that reveals the true story behind one of World War II's most enigmatic figures.

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, leader of the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during WW II, has often been cast as a reluctant warrior—a Harvard-educated admirer of the United States who was reluctant to strike. Recently discovered Japanese sources tell a different story, however, and this is the first book to offers a realistic picture: that Yamamoto was a calculating naval strategist, deeply r...