A Strategy Has to Be Able to Work to Be Masterful

Authors

Alan D. Zimm

Abstract

This essay was written in response to an article by Angelo N. Caravaggio, “‘Winning’ the Pacific War: The Masterful Strategy of Commander Minoru Genda,” which appeared in the Winter 2014 issue of the Naval War College Review (pages 85–118). Dr. Caravaggio takes to task “criticisms leveled at the Japanese for their ‘ill conceived’ or ‘poorly planned’ attack at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.” Since his endnote supporting this comment listed only my Attack on Pearl Harbor: Strategy, Combat, Myths, Deceptions as a source of this criticism, the finger appears to be pointed directly at me. Understandably, I was eager to learn more of Genda’s masterful strategy and to learn how I had missed Genda’s “depth of vision and professional intellect.” I was disappointed.

Recommended Citation

Zimm, Alan D. (2015) "A Strategy Has to Be Able to Work to Be Masterful," Naval War College Review: Vol. 68: No. 1, Article 9.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol68/iss1/9