God's Samurai: Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor

by Katherine V. Dillon, Donald M Goldstein, Gordon W Prange

Overview

God's Samurai is the unusual story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the career aviator who led the attack on Pearl Harbor and participated in most of the fiercest battles of the Pacific war. A valuable record of major events, it is also the personal story of a man swept along by his times. Reared in the vanished culture of early twentieth-century Japan, war hero Fuchida returned home to become a simple farmer. After a scandalous love affair came his remarkable conversion to Christianity and years of touring the world as an evangelist. His tale is an informative, personal look at the war "from the other side."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781597973588
Publisher:	Potomac Books Inc.
Publication date:	11/30/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

The late Katherine V. Dillon, Donald M. Goldstein and the late Gordon W. Prange created numerous World War II classics, including At Dawn We Slept; Miracle at Midway; and God’s Samurai: Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor (Brassey’s, Inc., reprint 2003). They also collaborated with historian J. Michael Wenger on several books, including The Way It Was: Pearl Harbor-The Original Photographs (Brassey’s, Inc., 1995); Rain of Ruin: A Photographic History of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Brassey’s, Inc., 1995); and The Pearl Harbor Papers.

Donald M. Goldstein is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, a professor of public and international affairs, and a best-selling author. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The late Gordon W. Prange was a member of the American Occupation Forces in post-World War II Japan, where he was commissioned by Gen. Douglas MacArthur to write the official history of the war in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to the Japanese surrender. After completing his service to the Navy he served in a civilian capacity from 1946 to 1951 as chief of General MacArthur's historical staff. He authored numerous works on the Pacific war, including At Dawn We Slept.

Editorial Reviews

The story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the career naval aviator who led the air attack on Pearl Harbor, served through the entire war, was in Hiroshima the day before and the day after the atomic bombing, and was even aboard the Missouri at the surrender ceremonies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Exciting, moving, and spiritually rewarding.”

“Engrossing . . . intriguing . . . arresting.”

“A window on the Japanese psyche and the experience of WWII.”

“A dramatic and historically interesting life.”

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