[DoodleDawg]

Shattered Sword by Jon Parshall and Anthony Tully is probably the best recent history of the battle. What makes it particularly interesting is it's told entirely from the Japanese side. The authors go into tactics, ship design, training, organization, and a whole host of other areas. The truly surprising thing is not so much that the Japanese lost the battle but they did as well as they did prior to that.

[american_ranger]

Shattered Sword is the best history book I have ever read. The attention to detail is unbelievable.