Eagle Against the Sun : The American War With Japan

from ldmarquet

I read Ronald Spector's one-volume history of the American war against Japan in honor of last month's VJ day. Spector's book received acclaim when it was published in 1985. He covers, in 589 pages,...

from sergerca

Good overview (what a task!), but it's not very exciting (although not as dry as some). Telling a story from so high level requires lots of maps (since there's so little anecdotal storytelling), bu...

from Teufle

A comprehensive telling of the Allied War effort against Japan in the Pacific Theater during WW2. This is what I consider a must read for anyone who is interested in this particular topic of Milita...

from oldretiredprof

This is a generally excellent history of the Pacific theater in WWII from the (mostly) US perspective. Well written, carefully researched and thoroughly documented, it is exceptional as a bibliogra...

from Borg-mx5

An excellent review of the pacific war. Much told from the Japanese view.