John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
I have been looking forward to this Gray report for October 25.
Having read extensively the thousands and thousands of words and watched the hours of TV programs describing the various aspects of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, I see the author summarizes it all in short one paragraph. There is no hint of the heroism that resulted in the turning back of Admiral Kurita or of the criticism of Admiral Halsey. There is no hint that the Japaneese Navy was forevermore gone