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Zero Fighter

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ISBN-10: 0275953556

ISBN-13: 9780275953553

Edition: 1996

Authors: Syoko Watanabe, Retsu Kaiho, Michael Gregson, Craig Eisendrath

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From a North American standpoint, Zero Fighter makes a number of highly interesting points, having been written for the Japanese market. For example, North Americans are generally not aware of the success of the Zero fighter or of its significance in Japanese minds. Both the superiority of the aircraft in the early stages of the Pacific War and the great stature of Jiro Horikoshi as an aircraft designer (he is to Japan what the designer of the Spitfire is to the U.K.) will come as a revelation to most readers here. Also completely unknown to most North American readers is the story of the transport section at the Nagoya Aircraft Works. This information is woven nicely into the book, and has…    
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Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 3/11/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

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