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(More customer reviews)A Different Kind of Victory is - as far as I have been able to ascertain - the only biography of ADM Hart, CinC Asiatic Fleet at the start of WWII. Kept on past retirement age because of the high regard he was held in, he was then brusquely relieved of command when it became clear his task was impossible. The desire to not have an American associated with another defeat so closely following Pearl Harbor led Washington to consent to his replacement as ABDA naval commander by a Dutch admiral, who then threw away all of Hart's remaining forces. Based heaavily on Hart's own monumental diaries, author Leutze manages to salvage Hart's reputation, which had been damaged by politicians and rival US commanders like MacArthur. If any criticism of Leutze can be made, it is that his study is too reliant on Hart's diaries. That does not detract from the achievment the author has made, contributing a well-written study of one of WWII's most misunderstood and maligned naval officers.
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