News about spanishamerican war 1898, including commentary and archival articles published in the new york times. With one of the largest, most comprehensive collection of books and gift items connected with wwii in the pacific theater to be found, you may shop here at our online museum store or visit either of our museum stores at the admiral nimitz museum and the national museum of the pacific war. Best books on the pacific war for reasons big and small, understandable and unjustified, the war in the pacific during world war ii has largely been overshadowed by the allies war against hitler. To draft its history of the pacific war, which appeared in japanese national newspapers. Course, at the time, you couldnt say much about where you were anyway. The cambridge history of the second world war edited by john ferris april 2015. World war ii has meant different things to different people.
John costellos the pacific war has now established itself as the standard onevolume account of world war ii in the pacific. It also covers themes pertaining to societies at war, culture, the arts, and science and technology as. Napoleonic wars series orders and dispatches by napoleon, nelson, wellington and davout, memoirs by macdonald and savary as. But there was, and showing that side is the project of the pacific, the tenepisode bookend that in nearly every way improves on its 2001 europeantheater predecessor. From a coauthor of the battle of the atlantic and others. This article is different than the other sources, in that it focuses on the submarine operations in the pacific war. Wall street journalthis masterful history encompasses the heart of the pacific war the period between mid1942 and mid1944when parallel allied counteroffensives north. The novel accurately predicted a number of details about the pacific campaign of world war ii. Presents a running account based chiefly on official documents of the united states air force. Some of them foresaw at once that the energy which could thus be released might be harnessed in an explosive weapon of unprecedented power and destructiveness. Just as operation pacific and run silent, run deep made me a fan of submarine movies as a weebitty kid, war under the pacific made me a fan of submarine books as a preteen kid. Within a few days germany and italy declared war on the united states. On 7 december 1941, japan launched a surprise air attack on the us naval base at pearl harbor in hawaii.
Pacific war articles the guadalcanal campaign animated map series covering the 1942 guadalcanal battles that turned the tide of the war in the south pacific against the japanese. The japanese leadership looked to base the conduct of the war against america on the historical experiences of the successful wars against china 189495. Locating relevant articles is always easier after you have completed your background reading and examined quality books on the subject. The war in the pacific was defined by islandhopping, as the americans slowly moved westward across the pacific toward japan.
Once there, they attempt to get close enough to the action to. The war in europe against germany and the war in the pacific against japan, using vastly different military tactics. The pacific war series articles and flash animated combat maps of the pacific theater of operations pta. An interface for war in the pacific and war in europe, part 1. Few of the japanese warlords who launched the war thought they could win a protracted fight against americas vast. Japans decision to launch a war against the united states is masterfully recounted in eri hottas japan. National museum of the pacific war the admiral nimitz. The first hand account of one of the greatest escapes of world war ii, by major damon rocky gause, hardcover very good condition. Legacy in thaijapanese relations, journal of southeast asian studies, v21. Articles and flash animated combat maps of the pacific theater of operations pta. Battle cry follows the fortunes of a marine outfit from boot camp to guadalcanal, tarawa, and elsewhere in the pacific during world war ii. The author of beyond valor offers a new collection of oral histories from veterans of the second world war, this time from the pacific theater.
The pacific war by costello is a similar read akin to spectors book. Concise yet at the same time superbly detailed, with the optimal balance of informative text and fascinating photographs. Closely linked to the hbo tv series, this sizable book follows the experiences of five us servicemen four marines and a navy aviator during the four years of the pacific war, tracing their experiences from the japanese invasion of the philippines to the preparations for the invasion of japan, through the battles of midway and guadalcanal and the long island hopping campaign that followed. Grants rude wake up at shiloh or confederate general braxton braggs unexpected visitors on missionary ridge.
Pacific war, major theatre of world war ii that covered a large portion of the pacific ocean, east asia, and southeast asia, with significant engagements occurring as far south as northern australia and as far north as the aleutian islands. In 1945, for a brief period just before the japanese surrender, the soviet. The war in history journal is published by sage who is a publisher of several academic peerreviwed journals. Napoleonic wars series orders and dispatches by napoleon, nelson, wellington and davout, memoirs by macdonald and savary as well as related articles and games. Terms such as fighting for a noble cause, a mission to propagate the finest cultural values, of a war to combat tyranny and oppression. Its goal is the quality presentation of articles and archives relating to warfare and armed conflict, with an emphasis on eyewitness accounts and personal experiences. A short history of the war in the pacific during the second world war ian carter. List of books and articles about world war ii pacific. If you want a more detailed set of reads i would look at willmotts empires in the balance, the barrier and the javelin, the war with japan, and his battle of leyte gulf. Fortunately, there is no shortage of worthwhile books about the. Lessons for transforming logistics oil played a crucial, if not the key, role in. Vem 1 learn with flashcards, games, and more for free. Japanese forces also overran allied possessions in southeast asia and the philippines.
This is a question that has been begged by the decades of europefirst histories of great quality, but extreme focus on the the battles in the west including the germans eastern front. The great pacific war was a 1925 novel by british author hector charles bywater which discussed a hypothetical future war between japan and the united states. By the time world war ii began to rear its ugly head formally in 1939 in poland, informally in china in 1937, america had been in the grips of the great depression for a decade, give or take. The untold stories of the world war ii generation from hometown, usavoices of the pacific theater by matthew a. Organic vegetable gardening timelife complete gardener. John costellos the pacific war is regarded as a classic. Heres your opportunity to let others know your favorite books on the war. New york times bestseller a beautiful blend of history and prose and proves again mr. Many years after the war, his brutally honest and graphic journal would be turned into a book, pacific war diary. Chinese massacre in singapore, the first extended treatment in.
An excellent account of the second world war in the philippines, from the pre war american colony to the disasters of 194142, the long struggle of the resistance to macarthurs eventual return and the costly battles that followed. A short history of the war in the pacific during the. Canadas road to the pacific war intelligence, strategy, and the far east crisis. The battle of singapore, the massacre of chinese and.
Unfortunately, at the same time we were creating these concepts, we were also hemorrhaging experience out of the pacific. In 1967 professor ienaga saburo, famous for his history textbook lawsuit against the japanese government, published a book entitled the pacific war that dealt with the singapore massacre. The early period of the war was divided into two operational phases. Never before have the separate stories of fighting in china, malaya, burma, the east indies, the phillipines, new guinea, the solomon islands, and the aleutians been so brilliantly woven together to provide a clear account of one of the most massive movements of men and. Civil war times magazine 6 issuesyear civil war times magazine created a poll. Race and power in the pacific war by john dower pantheon. Commanders and their staffs must remember the importance of logistics to achieving the overall goal, for friendly forces as well as the enemy. The pacific war tells, in about 700 pages, the story of the allied war against the japanese, from the attack on pearl harbor on 7 december 1941 to the destruction of hiroshima and nagasaki by abomb. Matterhorn to nagasaki, june 1944 to august 1945 v. Historiography of the asiapacific war in japan sciences po. Each database indexes a set of journals, conference proceedings, books, etc. Many of the events are based on the authors wwii experience with the 6th marine regiment. Oil logistics in the pacific war there is an old saying, amateurs talk strategy, and professionals talk logistics.
Odonnell warns, oral histories are perhaps the best means available to reveal. The times london the definitive onevolume account of world war ii in the pacific theaterthe first book to weave together the separate stories of the fighting in china, malaya, burma, the east indies, the philippines, new guinea, the solomon islands, and the aleutians. So much of what appears in textbooks about the war in the pacific focuses on u. Heres your opportunity to let others know your favorite books on the war that led us from pearl harbor to tokyo bay. Produced by the war times journal, an online magazine which covers all. In 1939 physicists in the united states had learned of experiments in germany demonstrating the possibility of nuclear fission. He then scrutinizes the political and military events of 194041 in. Crisis in the pacific the battles for the philippine islands by the men who fought them, gerald astor. Costello first traces western activity in the far east from the first contacts to 1940. World war ii reading list major wars military reading list.
Books on the pacific war from pearl harbor to hiroshima. Includes historic archives, photo galleries and specially written articles. Early on the morning of december 8, 1941, the second world war in the pacific was begun with an amphibious attack by imperial japanese army troops on the. World war ii is sometimes thought of as primarily a fight against nazi germany, with the war in the pacific as an afterthought. While this attention is both wellearned and welldeveloped. Pacific theatre world war two books on war in the pacific land, air and sea battles. Wtj is a research centered website that covers all periods of military history and military science. The author is an associate professor and chair of the history program at murdoch university in western australia. Journal articles world war ii henry buhl library at. The pacific war, sometimes called the asiapacific war, was the theater of world war ii that. A companion to world war ii in europe, africa, and the americas, this volume reevaluates the most enduring literature on basic aspects of the war in asia and the pacific. Since 1950 the journal has published an annual comprehensive.
In up close chikakiyori, a journal that he published at his own expense. The net effect of the depression was to introduce a lot of slack into the u. How we lost the great pacific war proceedings may 2018. The war against japan was different from the war against hitler militarily, topographically and psychologically. Between the glenn defense marine investigations and the fallout of the fitzgerald and john s.
This book will be of interest to students of canadian military and intelligence history, and to those seeking a deeper understanding of allied. Fall of revisionism, new england journal of history 64. New york times bestsellerpaul kennedy, awardwinning author of the rise and fall of the great powers and one of todays most renowned historians, now provides a new and unique look at how world war. The war in the pacific, 19411945 chapter 15 the cambridge.
What are the best books on the pacific theater of wwii. At the time he also admitted that japan, to a certain degree, had planned and. The book was published while world war one still raged and suffered somewhat from the propaganda and censorship of the time. A war correspondent is a journalist who covers stories firsthand from a war zone. They were also called special correspondents war correspondents jobs bring them to the most conflictridden parts of the world. Page 1 page 2 page 3 timeline early on the morning of december 8, 1941, the second world war in the pacific was begun with an amphibious attack by imperial japanese army troops on the northeast coast of british malaya. The first phase of the war in the pacific was disastrous for the allies. Mccain collisions, there were few places more hazardous to a senior officers career prospects than the pacific. In the book, members of the group confessed the crimes they had committed.
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