Vintage book The End of the Imperial Japanese navy by Masanori Ito 1962

This is a vintage book The end of the Imperial Japanese Navy by Masanori Ito published in 1962. Masanori Ito, a leading military commentator, tells the full story of the second World War in the Pacific from the Japanese point of view. The fascination of this account is due partly to its revelation of the very different view of events and facts held by the enemy during the course of the war and partly to the illuminating – and, to Western eyes, often incredible-analysis of the Japanese heart and Mind.

The End of the Imperial Japanese Navy covers the early history of the Japanese navy, discusses the development between the two world wars and explains the inter-service  strife  between Army and Navy leaders in Japan, a factor of paramount importance in understanding the course of the second World War.

This book is a hard cover and has the dust jacket. The binding and pages are all in tact. It looks to have had clipping stuck to the book as there are marks on some of the pages and some writing.

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