TY  - BOOK
AU  - YOSHIMURA Akira
TI  - Zero fighter
SN  - 0275953556 (hbk.)
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Westport, Conn
PB  - Praeger
KW  - ZERO FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
N2  - Superbly written with an eye to detail and to the poignant and resonant moment, this poetic, highly charged narrative presents World War II from the Japanese point of view. Ultimately more than the history of an airplane--though the Zero is presented with the grandeur due it--this book is an extremely astute presentation of the Japanese character and world view. It is also  the story of the transport section at the Nagoya Aircraft Works. This information is woven nicely into the book, and has a great deal to say about the startling quality of Japanese wartime industry: rigid in many ways, while producing a plane of brilliant originality
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