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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/13/2004 3:47:59 PM   
ChuckK


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Status: offline 		Well, if anyone is in the mood for some beautiful full color glossies let met toss out, Carrier Air War: In Original WWII Color, by Robert Lawson and Barret Tillman, Motorbooks International Publishers and Wholesalers, 1996. It's a light read but has some priceless first-person accounts by those won fought in the P.T.O.

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/13/2004 4:42:58 PM   
Apollo11


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ORIGINAL: Deerslayer

I am reading Admiral Ugaki's diary called Fading Victory. His diary ends when he takes a Kamikaze flight at wars end... This book is an often quoted source in other books and a good read. I found at a used book store and not sure it is in print anymore or not. Many excellent reads recommended above.


Wasn't the Admiral Ugaki flying the very last suicide mission by Japanese (never was heard of that flight again and no info is known of him and his flight)?


Leo "Apollo11"

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/13/2004 7:34:14 PM   
Von Rom


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Status: offline 		There are also a few good sites on the web that have some fascinating reading on the Pacific War:

http://www.combinedfleet.com/map.htm

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/amh/amh-23.htm

http://www.anesi.com/ussbs01.htm#cbi

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/PTO/RisingSun/index.html

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/13/2004 7:40:45 PM   
Huskalator

 

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Status: offline 		What are some good books with lots of pretty pictures for the geographically challenged?

I'll read books and mostly understand what is going on but when it gets down to movements from Island to Island or town to town I really get lost.

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/13/2004 7:46:46 PM   
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Fire in the Sky is another good one and I would think a bible for the WITP designers as much details about bases, supplies, etc...

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/13/2004 8:16:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here's another great book written from the Japanese point of view:

ZERO by Masatake Okumiya and Jiro Horikoshi w/ Martin Caidin - Okumiya was Air Staff Officer for several of the major Carrier vs. Carrier battles during the war and at Rabul and Buin during '43 - so he has alot of good 1st person analysis of the battles being fought and in his opinion why Japan lost the war ( industrial might, lack of a comperable bomber to the B-17, lack of air base construction ability - nothing like the seabees in comparison and other interesting reasons )

Horikoshi was one of the engineers that designed the Zero and many other Jap aircraft....

The book is a favorite of mine because it goes into detail on OOB's, pilot strenght, warship building policy and many other topics that don't normally get covered...

This book also swayed me towards being interested in the Pacific Conflict and the Navy away from the army which ultimately led me to Annapolis instead of the Point...

Anyway - its my favorite and a couple of years ago I payed $100.00 for a hard bound copy as it wasn't in print anymore and just this week I saw it in Paperback at Books a Million - so if anyone wants it - its there for the taking...

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/14/2004 12:30:01 AM   
BarkhornXX

 

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ORIGINAL: freeboy

Author John Keegan, Price of Admiralty, anouther on WW2m, on on Normandy..


Keegan's book, The Price of Admiralty is crap, IMO. The section on Midway is riddled with errors and it suffers from too much "Rule Britannia" if you get my drift.

Barkhorn.

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/14/2004 12:34:22 AM   
BarkhornXX

 

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A Battle History of the Japanese Navy by Paul S. Dull and
The Fast Carriers by Cark Reynolds.

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/14/2004 2:27:16 AM   
JamesM

 

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Howarth, Stephen ed: "Men of War - Great Naval Leaders of World War II", Spartan Press, 1976. (ISBN: 0297810936)

Interesting read

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/14/2004 12:24:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		Another good book, if it has not been mentioned already, is The Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy . This book only covers surface actions. A very good read with great detail and charts.

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/14/2004 12:27:34 PM   
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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/14/2004 11:59:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		Battle History is a great book by the unfortunately named author. It makes for a strange read in some respects . . . you kinda get warped from the tokyo express straight to the marianas turkeyshoot.

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/15/2004 1:21:20 AM   
Delphinium

 

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ORIGINAL: Fallschirmjager

I was looking for a website where I could purchase all 14 or 15 volumes together as a boxed set.

You could pick most of them up second hand starting at $5 a volume.

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/15/2004 1:24:38 AM   
daniel123

 

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/15/2004 5:49:37 AM   
waynec


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Status: offline 		excellent one volume is The Pacific War 1941-1954 by John Costello
The Pacific Campaign by Dan van der Vat

a really interesting book is Long Day's Journey Into War by Stanley Weinstraub
(This is Decemeber 7th from the start at the international dateline to the end of the day generally following 3 days of December 7th)

Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan by Ronald H. Spector is not that great. get it from the library

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/21/2004 9:02:37 AM   
trhinz

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Kid

There was another book I read years ago written by the Captain of a Japanese Destroyer but I can't remember who wrote it. I think the name of the book was Destroyer Captain or something like that.

Japanese Destroyer Captain

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/21/2004 9:52:57 AM   
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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/21/2004 11:27:04 AM   
Andy Mac

 

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Im reading Defeat into Victory just now the Slim bio.

(I know that bio's not always the most reliable but hey its a good read ;))

Gives an interesting perspective on Burma Front and some of the real limitations faced by Alllies in SEA.

I also read the Moon over Malaya which was more or less a history of the Plymouth Argylls in Singapore and Malaya.

Also a good read.

Andy

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RE: Could Someone recommend a book on history of the Pa... - 6/21/2004 6:32:01 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Tectororch

Kev,

Morison's set are the "hard boiled egg" of the Pacific War (can't be beat). I was able to get the whole set, used but in very good condition, for under $100 at Barnes and Noble's used book store, and via Alibris.

"Touched With Fire" by Eric Bergerud is a thorough history of the land campaigns in the South Pacific.

"Day of Infamy" for Pearl Harbor.

Hope this helps.
quote:

ORIGINAL: kev_uk

Subject says it all, cheers.
I am just after a general history, with politcal/social ramifications on all sides and good military history. Does such a book exist?



Hi,

In the end I have chosen two books; currently reading 'Fire in the Sky' by Bergerud, which is going good, lots of very relevant stuff for UV as it deals with South Pacific operations.
I also have ordered 'The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945' by John Toland, this hasnt arrived yet, as it has to be imported from the US. I picked up Fire in Sky second hand, virtually mint condition which was a good find.

Thanks for the suggestions.

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