Fading Victory
Subtitle: the diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki, 1941-1945
By: Masataka Chihaya, translator, with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon ; foreword by Gordon W. Prange.
Contributors: Prange, Gordon William, 1910-; Goldstein, Donald M.; Dillon, Katherine V.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 731
Subjects: Ugaki, Matome, 1890-1945 -- Diaries.; Japan. Kaigun -- Biography.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Japanese.; Admirals -- Japan -- Diaries.
Description: (Excerpted from Goodreads.) “…[T]hese wartime diaries of a key admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, provide a revealing inside look into the Japanese view of the Pacific War. Matome Ugaki was chief of staff of the Combined Fleet under Admiral Isoroki Yamamoto until both were shot down over Bougainville in April 1943, resulting in Yamamoto's death. He later served as commander of battleship and air fleets, finally directing the kamikaze attacks off Okinawa. Invaluable for its details of the Japanese navy at war, the diaries offer a running appraisal of the fighting and are augmented by editorial commentary that proves especially useful to American readers eager to see the war from the other side. When first published in 1991, this dairy was hailed as a major contribution to World War II literature as the only firsthand account of strategic planning for the entire war by a Japanese commander.”
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 689-710) and index.