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Zero: Combat and Development History of Japan's Legendary Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter (Motorbooks International Warbird History) Paperback – January 1, 1994

by Robert C. Mikesh (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
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The most in-depth combat and development history of the Japanese Zero ever assembled! This superb history is told through first-person interviews with Zero pilots and the U.S. airmen who fought against them. Includes cutaway drawings, serial number lists, detailed appendices, and a registry of surviving planes. Contains exquisite cutaway drawings by Rukyu Watanabe. Foreword by Saburo Sakai.
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    128 pages
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    English
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    Motorbooks International
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    January 1, 1994
  5. Dimensions
    9 x 0.5 x 10.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    087938915X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0879389154
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Motorbooks International (January 1, 1994)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 087938915X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0879389154
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.5 x 10.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 19 ratings

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A. F. Navoff
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book with many unique pictures
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2021
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It was not what I thought it would be when I purchased it. Another book available on Amazon "Zero Fighter" by A Yoshimura it has no pictures also an excellent book. Together they provide the best of both worlds. Zero book in addition to the pictures had something really unique and valuable to someone who wanted to understand the development, engineering and operation of this miracle machine. It introduces the fighting tactics that made it so effective. The book USG testing that comparison data on flight performance. Also Japanese tactics that best suited the Zero's strengths. This book also provides quite a lot of operational units deployments which is interesting as well.

Zero Fighter book provided much more detail on the development of a revolutionary machine that resulted in a superior fighter out of necessity and brilliance of the designer and his team with much more detail.

If you were or are now a Naval Aviator who has or may enter into combat you should invest in these books of knowledge.
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JPN850R
5.0 out of 5 stars Check Out the Price!
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2010
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This book covers a great deal about Japanese airplanes not only the A6M (a.k.a Zero) series fighters but also other planes.

A new copy can cost as much as $230 (!), and I was fortunate to buy two copies for around $20 each; one for my instructor at my aviation school and one for myself.

This is probably the best book written in English about the A6M with many photo images.

The two famous pilots, Saburo Sakai & Tetsuzo Iwamoto both flew Model-21, which is the one on the cover page of this book (the one painted in light grey). They never met with each other but shared the same philosophy; find the enemy before they find you. Iwamoto had allegedly shot down over 200 enemy fighters. After the war was over, Sakai had a chance to fly some of the American fighters and concluded that the P51 Mustang was the best fighter during the WW2.
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Thomas McNeal
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on the Japanese Zero
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2021
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If you are interested in the Japanese Zero, this is the book to buy.
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roy b stewart
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2016
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very good
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Glenn
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2015
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Book was as advertised.
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D. P. Broer
5.0 out of 5 stars Zero, History of Japan's Legendary A6M Zero Fighter
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2002
When you are not fluent in Japanese, there are not very much other publications about the A6M Zero I could recommend you to buy. This book has it all: splendid photographs - both historical and of surviving planes-, an indepth text which not just tells the allied side of the story - there is a forword by Zero Ace Saburo Sakai himself -, and a good bibliography of 27 earlier publications about this plane, proving that the author can read the original language himself because most of them are in Japanese. It also list all the classics in the English language up to publication date, only missing the ARCO/Aircam No. 18 by Richard M. Bueschel, published in 1970 and since long out of print, though updated and reissued by Schiffer Books in 1995. The Polish/British Mushroom Publications brought out a Zero monograph by Artur Juszczak as well in November 2001, more focussed on modellers, which can also be used as a sort of 'Walk Around', because there are shots of almost all parts and angles of the plane, something which it has in common with another Polish 'Zero' book by Arthur Lochte.
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cruiserk@wans.net, Bobby C. Kline
5.0 out of 5 stars A must for WWII Japanese Aviation Historians
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 1999
Zero Combat & Development by Robert Mikesh, does a splendid job of telling the story of the history and development of the A6M all models are included and a break down of their history and purpose of coming into play are described. The book covers the successes of the earlier A5M and discusses the specifications handed to Horikoshi. It does an excellent job of explaining the structural defect present in the early model A6M's and what corrective measures were taken to prevent more accidents. It shows many photos interior cut away drawings and specifactons. I am an aviation historian and a model builder and I even learned from reading this book. Also valuable is the information obtained from the captured A6M and the test of many American fighters of that time against the A6M. Don't just take my word for it read it for yourself.
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Dan Ford (danford@danford.net)
5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive Zero book
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 1999
Mikesh is that rare combination of combat pilot (he was a FAC during the Vietnam War) and historian (former curator at the Natl Air & Space Museum). Japanese military aviation is his speciality, and this book is the definitive history of Japan's remarkable Zero fighter.
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Frison Natalino
3.0 out of 5 stars Libro su Mitsubishi zero
Reviewed in Italy on March 8, 2023
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Il libro riporta molto sulle operazioni ma ben poco su disegno / progettazione il che ne fa un libro mediocre .
Buone le foto riportate.
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Pete Blake
5.0 out of 5 stars count this one as an excellent buy.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2017
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Included a lot of those "difficult " shots you need when building from plans.....count this one as an excellent buy........and of course your usual top notch service....well done both counts.
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Ken Zawitkoski
4.0 out of 5 stars Good but more colour would be nice.
Reviewed in Canada on July 23, 2014
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A very good book, very concise and well laid out. It's too bad though the Japanese weren't at all into color photography. There could be some awesome pictures in this book. It's still a welcome addition though...
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Israel Fernández
4.0 out of 5 stars Muy bien
Reviewed in Germany on October 11, 2014
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El pedido llegó dentro de plazo. El libro es muy interesante para los modelistas y todos aquellos que les guste este avión.
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