Midway, the battle that doomed Japan : the Japanese Navy's story / by Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya ; ed. by Clarke H. Kawakami and Roger Pineau ; with a foreword by Raymond A. Spruance.

This is a six-volume anthology that covers the development of this genre from its earliest prototypes to the current day. Created originally to provide anthologies for use in classrooms in the late 1970s, these volumes became mass-market sellers.

Appendix.: p. 249-260; Index: p. 261-266

Contents: Sortie from Hashirajima -- Evolution of Japanese naval strategy -- Debate on future strategy -- Doolittle ends debate -- Midway operation plan -- Preparations for battle -- Heading for battle -- Gathering storm -- The Nagumo force fights -- Admiral Yamamoto's operations -- Finale -- Analysis of the defeat.