Ghost Ship Swift, Daniel
New York Times Book Review,
05/2018
Book Review
Morris's new book, "Battleship Yamato: Of War, Beauty and Irony," is a culmination of all this.On the other, Japan is led by an emperor who traces his line of succession back to the sun goddess and ...the Japanese military is possessed, Morris explains, by "the conviction that battles can be won by single, deadly blows, samurai style."At 12:30 the following day, 386 American bomber and fighter planes begin their attack, joined by submarines, and three hours later the Yamato slowly capsizes.
"This is the best book ever by a transsexual historian and travel writer on Abraham Lincoln. Granted, the membership of this writerly caste has been on the thin side since Lincoln's assassination. . .... .
Recognized as a major contemporary travel writer, Jan Morris, in the course of her profession/ avocation, has explored all four corners of the globe - no exaggeration. Her latest book is a collection ...of short takes, each one running only one to three paragraphs in length.
