Katherine V. Dillon

insight into the perspective of WWII from the Japanese military view…This is the story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the career naval aviator - and, later, internationally known Christian evangelist - who not only led the air attack on Pearl Harbour, but participated in most of the fiercest battles of the Pacific. As well as a record of historical events, it is the personal story of a man swept along by his times.
God's Samurai is the unusual story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the career aviator who led the show more attack on Pearl Harbor and participated in most of the fiercest battles of the Pacific war. A valuable record of major events, it is also the personal story of a man swept along by his times. Reared in the vanished culture of early twentieth-century Japan, war hero Fuchida returned home to become a simple farmer. After a scandalous love affair came his remarkable conversion to Christianity and years of touring the world as an evangelist (the last half of the book). His tale is an informative, personal look at the war "from the other side." show less

If the book had been just about his WW2 service it’d be a bit higher. I found myself completely disinterested in his “saved by Grace” arc.

Well done from the Gordon Prange team