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Review title: Should be zero stars
Product review: For even a "popular history" text, this book simply has too many factual errors in it to be taken seriously. The minor errors are disturbing, the big ones are appalling. His description of the Japanese fleet deployment and order of attack at the battle of Leyte Gulf is shockingly inaccurate. The battle of Leyte Gulf is one of the most significant engagements in the history of naval warfare. The facts surrounding it were well known by the time this book was written. How could this author have gotten it so wrong? And how could his editor have let it slide? And what does that say about the credibility of all the statements and conclusions presented in this poorly written book, other than that the photographs are very nice?
