Dr. Alan D. Zimm is a member of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, where he heads a section in the Aviation Systems and Advanced Concepts Group. He is a former officer in the US Navy, completing his service as a Commander, and holds degrees in Physics, Operations Research, and Public Administration with a concentration on Policy Analysis and Strategic Planning.
as an analysis of the raid from the Japanese point of reference it
is very intriguing and goes far to display the old axiom “every
plan changes (or falls apart) once the enemy is
encountered”www.ipmsusa.com, August 2011
*www.ipmsusa.com*
Alan D. Zimm has not only mined a treasure trove of primary and
secondary sources to produce a detailed analysis of the attack, but
also presents much of his findings from not just the US standpoint,
but predominately, and most interestingly, approaches the subject
matter from the Japanese point of view.
*www.globeatwar.com*
Alan D. Zimm, in his outstanding new book, presents meticulous
analysis estimating that had Short and Kimmel ensured Pearl
Harbour’s air defenses were on alert prior to the atttack, the
Japanese might have lost as many as 307 of 354 planes - an 88
percent loss rate .
*Armchair General*
... definitely read Alan Zimm's Attack on Pearl Harbor for a fuller
and more up-to-date understanding of an event that changed history
and continues to fascinate.
*Michigan War Studies Review*
An interesting analysis of the strategy and tactics involved.
Instead of “the most daring and brilliant naval operations of all
time”, Zimm demonstrates that the Japanese carrier strike force did
not plan the attack very well, nor did they train effectively for
it… an interesting new “look” at this opening gambit in the Pacific
Theater of World War II.
*The Past in Review*
His book is far from a simple retelling of a familiar tale;
instead, he has presented an in-depth study of the Japanese’
planning, preparation, and execution of the attack, with particular
focus on factors not thoroughly considered by other historians, if
at all.
*Proceedings*
There is no shortage of books about the 1941 attack on Pearl
Harbor, but this one - by an operations analyst, the head of the
Aviation Systems and Advanced Concepts Group in the John Hopkins
Applied Physics Laboratory - approaches the subject as an analysis
of the Japanese operational planning and execution.
*Seapower*
It is not often that one can say that an outstanding and important
book transforms our knowledge of a well-known event, but this can
be said of Attack on Pearl Harbor.
*Navy News*
In a lucid and highly critical examination of the aerial attack
plan and the raid, Zimm follows every torpedo and bomb in
determining how the principal planners, Commanders Minoru Genda and
Mitsuo Fuchida, allocated their resources, what they intended to
accomplish on Oahu, and what really occurred.
*US Naval Institute’s Naval History Magazine*
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