The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy
Author: Hiroyuki Agawa
Translator: John Bester
Publisher: Kodansha International
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Yamamoto Isoroku was a physically small man (p. 1)
Yamamoto recommended reading the biography of Lincoln (p. 84)
I read four or five biographies, and came to feel a great respect for him (p. 84)
Committing errors is part of his attraction as a human being; it inspires a feeling of warmth toward him, and so admiration and devotion are arounsed. In this sense, Lincoln was a very human man. Without this quality, one can’t lead others. Only if people have this quality can they forgive each other’s mistakes and help each other. (p. 85)
Yamamoto read Sun-tzu (p. 90)
unrestricted construction of warchips p. 91
top secret construction programme — Musashi and Yamato
too big to go through the Panama canal - p. 91
positive construction policies - Adm. Suetsugu Nobumasa
emphasis on aircraft
white elephant - p. 92
three great follies of the world - p. 93
the traditional way - p. 94
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