Hugh Bicheno
Autor de Rebels and Redcoats: The American Revolutionary War
Sobre El Autor
Hugh Bicheno graduated from Cambridge and later joined the Secret intelligence Service (M16). He is the author of Crescent and Cross; Razor's Edge; The Unofficial History of the Falklands War; Elizabeth's Sea Dogs; and Battle Royal. He lives in England.
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Obras de Hugh Bicheno
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1948
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Cienfuegos, Cuba
- Lugares de residencia
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Educación
- Cambridge University (Emmanuel College) (BA, 1st class honours|History)
- Ocupaciones
- intelligence officer (MI6)
political risk analyst
historian of conflict
freelance kidnap and ransom negotiator - Organizaciones
- Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
- Premios y honores
- Foreign Area Fellow, Ford Foundation
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
THE WAR ROOM (8)
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 11
- Miembros
- 524
- Popularidad
- #47,450
- Valoración
- 3.5
- Reseñas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 30
- Idiomas
- 1
- Favorito
- 1
Bicheno’s basic argument is that, far from being an unavoidable defeat, the Japanese disaster at Midway was the result of a succession of mistakes born out of arrogance. Some of these stretched back to before the war, with an overall strategy against the United States dependent on too many assumptions that the Americans would react as the Japanese expected. Added to this was an arrogance built up over six months of victories, campaigning which left the Japanese fleet exhausted. By contrast, the Americans benefited from intelligence decryptions which alerted them in advance to Japanese intentions and allowed them to plan for a successful counterstroke. Yet Bicheno continually notes the factor of chance in shaping the outcome, from the illness that replaced “Bull” Halsey with Raymond Spruance, to off-course scouts coming across the enemy fleet. Together they provide a compelling portrait of the chaos of battle, from which it was the Americans who would emerge triumphant.
Though a military historian, Bicheno is not a specialist in the Second World War or in naval warfare. While this gives him a relatively fresh perspective to the conflict, the lack of original research limits the novelty of some of his more provocative challenges to the received wisdom about the battle. Nevertheless, with its useful tables, judicious analysis, and copious use of maps and pictures, Bicheno’s book is an enjoyable and stimulating study of the battle of Midway, one that can serve as a provocative introduction for any newcomer to the historic naval clash.… (más)