MORNING GLORY: A HISTORY OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY

Author: Stephen Howarth

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton

Year published: 1983

Pagination: 398pp illustrations.maps

Condition: Good in d/w. some highlighting and underlining

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The Imperial Japanese Navy existed as a world force for less than 50 years. In it's heyday it was the world's third largest navy boasting some of the greatest Admirals in history. The author tells the whole drama from its strange beginnings to its tragic end. Using primary sources and archive material with interviews from officers and men from the Imperial Navy and other world navies, the author places the battles, ships and the people in a historical perspective. Some underlining and highlighting in bibliography. previous owner name on endpaper.