by Dale Jenkins | Feb 11, 2025 | Book Reviews
From Dale’s Bookshelf ⚓📚 Book Review – Craig L. Symonds – The Battle of Midway Oxford University Press, 452 Pages, 2011 Mr. Symonds has written a book covering not just the Midway battle but, by providing detailed accounts of the Pacific War beginning with the...
by Dale Jenkins | Jan 3, 2025 | Book Reviews
4/5 ⭐s | Good narrative but with omissions of Midway battle plan Mr. Symonds produced a solid account of Nimitz’s leadership through four years of war, and shows how FDR was rewarded with his confidence in Nimitz when he told him: Get out to Pearl Harbor and...
by Dale Jenkins | Oct 17, 2024 | Book Reviews
Thoughts from my bookshelf on Midway: The Pacific War’s Most Famous Battle. (4/5 Stars) Mark Stille has synthesized mostly current histories of the Midway battle that began on June 4, 1942 into a stirring, articulate account that makes an important contribution...