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Outstanding in both scope and readability, this brilliant volume covers the entire history of the Imperial Japanese Navy from the moment Perry's Black Ships entered Tokyo Bay and opened Japan to the world to the return of the US Navy to the same body of water nearly 100 years later, this time in the form of the USS Missouri arriving to receive Japan's formal surrender, in 1945. The main focus is the period from the Sino-Japanese War, when the new fleet first saw action until just before the fateful attack on Pearl Harbor. The authors cover every pertinent detail, from the personalities, weapons systems and tactics to the role of culture and spirit, that led to the initial success, and ultimate defeat, of the Imperial Japanese Navy. A first rate history and essential reading for any student of the Pacific War.