Very readable, well-researched review of the events leading to the momentous American naval victory in Midway in 1942 by one of the preeminent naval historians, Craig Symonds. While some military history works can be a challenge to work through, this reads more like a movie script and definitely gave me insight to a battle (and the importance of that battle) that I really didn't understand very well before reading the book. It also led me to wonder why the United States wasn't able to immediately capitalize on the successes at Midway, but I guess those are questions that Symonds could address in a future work.