Zero Fighter

by Akira Yoshimura and Syoko Watanabe

Book Overview

This technohistory, a genre invented by the author, is the history of the production and use of the famous Zero fighter aircraft, the finest dogfighter in the air for most of World War II. 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275953556
• ISBN13: 9780275953553
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"