Saint Therese of Lisieux
The Life of Saint Therese of Lisieux

This is, essentially, the memoirs of Edwin Layton. He was intelligence officer for both Admirals Kimmel and Nimitz. The key events in the book are the attack on Pearl Harbor and the battle of Midway. But it's not a combat book. It's about the signals intelligence efforts of the US Navy; the failures......more

Best inside look at Pacific war I have read. Dispels a number of myths. Admiral Layton was sent by the Navy to study in Japan and learn the language and the culture in the 1930s. He then started working in Naval Intelligence. At first there was a turf war between Naval intelligence and Naval communic......more

Superb, wonderful, detailed, and compelling. Finally the full story of Pearl Harbor's destruction and the victory at Midway. Clearly this book was used extensively in the film Midway.......more

Nimitz’s intelligence officer’s (Layton) inside description of the code breaking activity underlying the US Navy’s miraculous victory at Midway.......more

As the intelligence office working with the Pacific Fleet under Admiral Nimitz during WWII, Edwin Layton and the team at Station HYPO was instrumental in bringing about the victory against the Japanese. The overall history of the fleet intelligence unit and how their work brought about America’s vic......more