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Battles & Campaigns
Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa, by Joseph H.,
Col. Alexander.
Burma:
The Longest War 1941-1945, by Louis Allen
Pearl
Harbor, by Ernest Arroyo
An exquisitely illustrated book showing
many rarely viewed photos of pre-war Hawaiian scenes and of wartime images.
Touched With Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific, by
Eric Bergerud.
The
Pacific Campaign : World War II: The U.S.-Japanese Naval War,
1941-1945, by Dan Van Der Vat
Nomonhan
: Japan Against Russia, 1939, by Alvin Coox. This author has spent most
of his life studying the undeclared war between Japan and Russia, and has
created the authoritative work on the subject.
The
Pacific War, by John Costello
Downfall:
The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire, by Richard B. Frank.
Guadalcanal:
The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle, by Richard B. Frank
Midway
: The Battle That Doomed Japan: The Japanese Navy's Story, by Mitsuo
Fuchida
Pearl
Harbor Betrayed: The True Story of a Man and a Nation Under Attack, by
Michael V. Gannon.
The
Unforgettable Army: Slim's XIVth Army in Burma, by Michael
Hickey
Pacific
War, Nineteen Thirty-One to Nineteen Forty-Five: a Critical Perspective on
Japan's Role in World War II, by Saburo Ienaga, Frank Baldwin (Translator)
This
is Guadalcanal: The Original Combat Photography, by L. Douglas Keeney
Day
of Infamy, by Walter Lord
An extensive series of back-to-back
eyewitness accounts. From sailors on board the Arizona to civilians wandering
around Honolulu, you "visit" all of them as they try to make sense of their new
lives. Keep in mind that a number of eyewitness accounts are not surprisingly
inaccurate, but those wanting to more seriously explore such possibilities have
other more detailed volumes to select from (see below). This one is great for
down-to-earth reading.
The
Solomons Campaigns, 1942-1943: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville--Pacific
War Turning Point, by William L. McGee
At
Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor, by Gordon
Prange
The world's leading (and only) expert on the Pearl Harbor attack,
Gordon Prange interviewed virtually every available participant of the attack.
From Husband Kimmel to Mitsuo Fuchida, these post-war survivors gladly gave
their time and in many cases, friendship to Mr. Prange, who also exhaustively
studied the volumes of reports and documents relating to post-attack inquiries.
At Dawn We Slept was condensed into book format from the 10 volumes of material
collected over 35 years. Nobody before or since enjoyed the same position of
trust and familiarity with so many of the people directly involved in the
attack, and few people have presented such a generally accurate presentation of
this important event.
Pearl
Harbor: The Verdict of History by Gordon Prange
Miracle
at Midway by Gordon Prange
Tarawa:
The Story of a Battle, by Robert Sherrod. Sherrod's now famous account of
the Tarawa landings, is seen from the view of a war journalist who waded on
shore immediately on the heels of the first three assault waves. His eyewitness
account of all but the very first men ashore remains one of the most quoted
sources for this terrible battle.
Bloody Shambles : The Defence of Sumatra to the Fall of
Burma, by Christopher Shores
Bloody Shambles : The Drift to War to the Fall of Singapore,
by Christopher Shores
The
Pacific War Atlas 1941-1945, by David Smurthwaite. A richly illustrated
atlas giving an overview of World War Two in the Pacific. Very high quality
maps and excellent overall presentation.
Eagle
Against the Sun: The American War With Japan, by Ronald H.
Spector
Singapore,
1941-1942: the Japanese version of the Malayan campaign of World War
II, by Masanobu Tsuji
Singapore
1942: Britain's Greatest Defeat, by Alan Warren
Special Subjects
Absent
History: The Untold Story of Special Branch Operations in Singapore,
1915-1942, by Kah Choon Ban. A well documented account of Japan's efforts
to undermine British rule in Southeasy Asia as early as World War One.
In
the Service of the Emperor: Essays on the Imperial Japanese Army, by
Edward J. Drea
Commando!:
The M/Z Unit's Secret War Against Japan, by A.B. Feuer
You
Can't Fight Tanks With Bayonets: Psychological Warfare Against the Japanese
Army in the Southwest Pacific, by Allison B. Gilmore
Lapham's
Raiders: Guerrillas in the Philippines, 1942-1945, by Robert Lapham
& Bernard Norling
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At Dawn We Slept
The best single book about Pearl Harbor...
ever!
Midway : The Battle That
Doomed Japan
By Mitsuo Fuchida |
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