Brassey's, Inc., 1990. VG/VG. First Edition. Jacket in mylar protector. "With Donald M. Goldstein & Katherine V. Dillion, authors of the bestseller 'At Dawn We Slept.' Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. OUT OF PRINT. "...the incredible story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the career naval aviator who not only led the air attack on Pearl Harbor, but particpated in most of the fiercest battles of the Pacific. One of the very few second-echelon Japanese officers to serve through the entire war (including Midway, the Marianas Turkey Shoot, and Leyte Gulf), Fuchida narrowly escaped death in a jungle crash, was in Hiroshima the day before and the day after the atomic bombing, played a dramatic role in squelching a coup d'etat, and was even aboard the Missouri at the surrender ceremonies. Fuchida's presence in the Pearl Harbor strke force's command center during the fateful debate about whether to launch a third wave and his attendance at Emperor Hirohito's post-attack briefing shed new light on some of the enduring controversies of the war, including Hirohito's role. In his dozens of conversations with Gordon W. Prange, Fuchida also drew a memorable portrait of his mentor, the great Admiral Yamamoto, and his account of the Tokyo war crimes trials and the Occupation vivdly evokes the somber atmosphere of a defeated nation. But GOD'S SAMURAI is more than a valuable record of fascinating historical events; it is the life of a brave man swept along by his times. Reared in traditional Japanese culture, Fuchida returned from the war determined to live the life of a simple farmer. But his world had changed, and the war had changed him. Devoting his later years to Christ, Fuchida served his new leader with the same fervor with which, in seemingly another world, he had served his emperor not so many years before."

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