Akagi: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Greatest Aircraft Carrier (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798186992400)

In Akagi: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Greatest Aircraft Carrier, Stephen Carrington tells the story of the warship that became the spearhead of Japan's carrier force in the Pacific. Conceived as a battlecruiser, transformed into a pioneering aircraft carrier, and rebuilt into the flagship of the First Air Fleet, Akagi stood at the center of a revolution in naval warfare.

From the shipyards of Kure and Sasebo to Pearl Harbor, the Indian Ocean, and Midway, Carrington follows Akagi through the rise of Japanese naval aviation and the creation of Kido Butai. He explores the carrier's engineering, air groups, flight operations, command structure, and the doctrine that allowed Japan to strike across vast distances with unprecedented force.

More than the story of a single ship, this book examines how Akagi embodied both the promise and peril of carrier warfare. Powerful, innovative, and ultimately vulnerable, she remains one of the most studied warships of the Second World War, a symbol of Japan's early victories, its strategic overreach, and the battle that changed the course of the Pacific War.

Author: Stephen Carrington
ISBN-13: 9798186992400
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 07/12/2026
Pages: 146
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d