{"product_id":"the-silver-waterfall-how-america-won-the-war-in-the-pacific-at-midway-hardcover","title":"The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrendan Simms\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSteven McGregor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEighty years after the stunning and decisive battle, a revelatory new history of Midway\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Battle of Midway was, on paper, an improbable victory for the smaller, less experienced American navy and air force, so much so that it was quickly described as \"a miracle.\" Yet fortune favored the Americans at Midway, and the conventional wisdom has it that the Americans' lucky streak continued as the war in the Pacific turned against the Japanese. This new history demonstrates that luck, let alone miracles, had little to do with it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Silver Waterfall\u003c\/i\u003e, Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor show how the efforts of America's peacetime navy combined with creative innovations made by designers and industrialists were largely responsible for the victory. The Douglas Dauntless Dive Bomber, a uniquely conceived fighting weapon, delivered a brutally accurate attack the Japanese quickly came to dread. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through a vivid narrative, Simms and McGregor show how the course of the war in the Pacific was dramatically altered, emphasizing the crucial combination of a culture of innovation, a brilliant contribution from immigrants, and a vital intelligence coup that allowed the navy to orchestrate the devastating attack on the Japanese and dominate the Pacific for good.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrendan Simms \u003c\/b\u003eis author of \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Afternoon\u003c\/i\u003e, a dramatic description of the defense of the farm of La Haye Sainte during the battle of Waterloo. In 2019 he published the acclaimed biography \u003ci\u003eHitler\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent book, cowritten with Charlie Laderman, is \u003ci\u003eHitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany's March to Global War\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven McGregor\u003c\/b\u003e is a US Army veteran with a graduate degree in history from the University of Cambridge.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.11 x 9.66 x 6.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766895116576,"sku":"9781541701373","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/140c4a8e9cea47678a071b579a855728.webp?v=1780300714","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-silver-waterfall-how-america-won-the-war-in-the-pacific-at-midway-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}