02402cam a2200373 i 4500 512399670 TxAuBib 20210907120000.0 210128s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021003764 9780525619444 acid-free paper 0525619445 acid-free paper (OCoLC)1235904559 TxAuBib rda Shaara, Jeff, 1952- The eagle's claw : a novel of the Battle of Midway / Jeff Shaara. Battle of Midway. First edition. New York [New York] : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021] xxiii, 321 pages : maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Spring 1942. The United States is reeling from the blow the Japanese inflicted at Pearl Harbor. But the Americans are determined to turn the tide. The key comes from Commander Joe Rochefort, a little known 'code breaker' who cracks the Japanese military encryption. With Rochefort's astonishing discovery, Admiral Chester Nimitz will know precisely what the Japanese are planning. But the battle to counter those plans must still be fought. From the American side, the shocking conflict is seen through the eyes of Rochefort and Admiral Nimitz, as well as fighter pilot Lieutenant Percy 'Perk' Baker and Marine Gunnery Sergeant Doug Ackroyd. On the Japanese side, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is the mastermind. His key subordinates are Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, aging and infirm, and Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi, a firebrand who has no patience for Nagumo's hesitation. Together, these two men must play out the chess game designed by Yamamoto, without any idea that the Americans are anticipating their every move on the sea and in the air"-- Provided by publisher. 20210923. Rochefort, Joe, 1900-1976 Fiction. Nimitz, Chester W (Chester William), 1885-1966 Fiction. Yamamoto, Isoroku, 1884-1943 Fiction. Midway, Battle of, 1942 Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography Fiction. Historical fiction. Military fiction. War fiction.