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Shinano!: The Sinking of Japan's Secret Supership Hardcover – January 1, 1987
- Print length250 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSt. Martins Press
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 1987
- ISBN-10031200186X
- ISBN-13978-0312001865
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- Publisher : St. Martins Press (January 1, 1987)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 250 pages
- ISBN-10 : 031200186X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0312001865
- Item Weight : 1 pounds
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,124,296 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,488 in Japanese History (Books)
- #11,155 in World War II History (Books)
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The book we received originally was missing the photos in it. We let the seller know and they very quickly sent us another book (the photos were not removed).
The Shinano was a "super carrier", designed to withstand torpedo attacks, but that the submarine Archer-fish sank on the Shinano's maiden voyage. In a way, the story of the Shinano is Japan's military equivalent to the Titanic as both ships were super-sized (for their day), deemed unsinkable and lost on their maiden voyage. But Japan built the Shinano in complete secrecy and kept news of its sinking secret from its own people as well. The result was that this important WWII naval action remains nearly unknown even today.
The book covers the Shinano/Archer-fish encounter from both the American and Japanese sides -- and so gives a very complete picture of the events (and some of the thinking behind them). I found this book to be interesting, informative and well written.
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Obviously it has quite a strong bias toward the American account of the action.
However this is only to be expected.
The accounts that have been gathered really draw the reader into what it could have been like to have been aboard either vessel during the encounter.
The last minutes of the Shinano are described in graphic detail.
The title of the book gives the game away but just as we know the fate of the Titanic, we still look at films and read books on the subject. This does not diminish the impact on the viewer but can infuse the viewer with a desire to reach the conclusion. This book is like that. The story is told from alternating viewpoints, one chapter by the Japanese, the next by the Americans, then the Japanese and so on until checkmate. The story was so engrossing that the book became a fixation, not just because of the quality of the writing but because it was true. A cracking good read.

