Incredible Victory
by Walter Lord
- New York Harper & Row 1967
- 331 p.
Includes Index
A single stroke -- The code and the target -- Ready -- "Many planes heading Midway" -- "Hawks at Angels 12" -- The target attacks -- "Pilots, man your planes!" -- "Don't let this carrier escape" -- Dead in the water -- Abandon ship -- The Emperor's portrait -- Winners and losers -- Home again -- The riddles of Midway.
The crucial World War II Battle of Midway is stirringly re-created from both the American and Japanese points of view.