Great job John,It was a very tense time for all of us there..EMC N.Hollandsworth USS Yorktown CV5 I had my son type this after we listened to this.Fingers hurt some at my age.(102yrs this coming 7th of June.
I couldn't care a jot about "delivery", as long as he's got good information - and he does. These land-sea battles and the distances involved are difficult to unwind in the mind. Japanese intentions are to this day not completely knowable. Japanese commanders in the field would countermand orders whenever they thought they could win another prize. Winning alone often trumped lines of authority, coordination, and obedience. Lundstrom gives some of the varied thinking of US and Japanese commanders that put several new variables of the story in focus for me.
There is a reason he is a writer and not a public speaker. I would love to see more of him discussing the topics of his books, but unlike Jonathan Parshall, Mr. Lundstrom's strength is answering questions posed to him rather than giving presentations.
There is no public holiday in Australia for the Battle of the Coral Sea. In fact, it is very rarely touched in history at high schools (not sure now but it was not mentioned when I was at high school in the 1990s).
In the US Veterans Day is no longer a Holiday. When I was a kid in the 60's there were huge parades of wwii veterans and it was a day off from school. Todays generations seem to have forgotten the tremendous sacrifices made.
Lundstrom is a better writer than he is a speaker and I think it shows on the audience' expression. I enjoyed his book immensely and I enjoy this presentation too. But it takes something else to capture an audience who may not be familiar with the subject matter. Jon Parshall, who is sitting right beside Lundstrom, is both a good writer and speaker.
Or Citino, or like what we who teach do every day. However, there is often a difference in "types"; many researchers would prefer to just research and not stand in front of an audience. Lundtröm does fine, he has his knowledge.
Overall, not a bad presentation as Lundstrom's interpretations concerning the Doolittle Raid were interesting in how it affected the USN's Pacific strategy. Despite his reading off a prepared paper, I still walked away a little more knowledgeable about this phase of the Pacific War.
@@timf2279 He is a writer and not a speaker. It is unfortunate because I love his four books about events of 1942 in the Pacific. The multitude of podcasts here on RU-vid would be bolstered by his knowledge, but I have not seen Lundstrom on more than one other video on YT.
I don't believe Admiral King ordered the attack on Tokyo as Mr. Ludstrom claims. That decision was made well above his pay grade. He was ordered, however, to support the strike. The attack needed an escort and it had to be a fast boat to keep up with the new Hornet. The Hornet deck was covered with B-25's and could not defend itself. The rest of the events are will documented and have been covered extensively by historians for many years. Mr. Lundstrom should stick with what he knows...
Well above? Only one person was above his pay grade and that was Roosevelt. He was part of the combined chiefs and so he only had peers, not superiors.
You are wrong. It is Lundstrom. Obviously it was Lundström before with his ancestrors Just as with your own name. There was originally no "Goldschmidt" in Germany or Austria. It was Goldschmied. Which over time "degraded" into Goldschmid or Goldschmidt.
Mr. Lundstrom needs to practice his speaking skills. He just reads from a prepared text. It would be better to just hand out copies of his books. I can't believe that someone with a college degree can't make a better presentation.
Rather common actually. I have experienced quite a few university profs etc. who aren't/weren't the best "presenters." Which usually didn't bother me. But I also have experienced "great" presenters, some of which often enough had no real substance or here and there talked crap.
Folks, PLEASE ! - Videos of talking heads mouthing blow-by-blows are the lowest form of war documentaries. - Stock footage just papers over blow-by-blow talking heads. - Static maps over bbb heads aren't much better. - Animated maps at least help with the blow-by-blows. But...where the hell are Illustrated, animated explanations of doctrine, tactics, and strategy the lead to the planning that resulted in the blow-by-blows?
