Good Pac war books?

[bush]

While not only a PacWar book, Brute Force by John Ellis has some intersting info. Also, Richard Overy's Why the Allies Won is a great read. Finally, although it was written some 20 years ago for "modern" combat, Fleet Tactics by David Hughes will give you some food for thought when it is time to build your CV and surface/bombardment task forces.

[Roger Neilson II]

Nemesis: Max Hastings...... posted a recommendation in main WITP forum.

[LeeChard]

There is a series called 'The Corp' by W.E.B. Griffen. It's fiction but it follows history faithfully starting with the China marines.
I found the story believeable(no Sgt. Rock taking out a bunker with a letter opener) and gave a good feel for people and the times.

[hbrsvl]

I've got to add my 2 bits.

1. "How They Won the War in the Pacific:Nimitz and his Admirals" by Edwin P Hoyt. Lyons Press, 2000.
2."The Second World War in the Far East", by H.P.Wilmott, Cassell History of Warfare,Cassell & Co., London, 1999.
3."The Pacific Campaign, WWII,The U.S.-Japanese Naval War, 1941-1945",by Dan van der Vat.Simon & Schuster, 1991.
4.For the first 2 years,'41-'43, "The Eagle and the Rising Sun"Alan Schom, W.W.Norton & Co., New York. 2004.

I have some 20-30 books on WWII, not all of them re the Pacific. Even with that, I still find new items I'd never heard of. Good reading.

Hugh Browne

[LargeSlowTarget]

Some more:[/align] [/align]Richard Tregaskis: Guadalcanal Diary[/align]Hiroyuki Agawa: The reluctant Admiral (bio of Yamamoto)[/align]William T. Y'Blood: The little giants (about USN CVEs)[/align]Peter Isley / Philip Crowl: The U.S. Marines and Amphibious War[/align]Enright / Ryan: Shinano: The Sinking of Japan's Secret Supership [/align]

[soeren01]

ORIGINAL: LST Express

I love reading these book threads,  but they've cost me some money the last few years. I keep ordering the dadgum books! "With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa" by E.B.Sledge is a helluva read imo.

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[John Lansford]

I had to build a library out of my biggest spare bedroom to put my historical books in; the shelves they're on are 8' high, 8' wide, and take up an entire wall.  Half of the six shelves are taken up with Civil War books, the other half with WWII books.  Most are Pacific Theater and include most of the books already mentioned here, including the works of Dull, Hoyt, Bergerud and many others. 
 
Some not mentioned yet include "The Forgotten Fleet", about the Asiatic Fleet in early 1942 and the fate of the ships, "Storm Landings", describing the assaults on Central Pacific atolls, "At War with the Wind", about the kamikzaze campaign in 1944-45, "Bloody Peleliu", and "Fort Kamehameha", describing all the coastal defenses on Oahu.  I hope to find some more interesting titles when my wife and I travel to Hawaii next year too...

[fmonster]

Has anyone read this?

http://www.amazon.com/We-Were-Pirates-T ... 1591147786

I was wanting to see if I could get a review here before I dropped a dime on this.

[dorjun driver]

As a kid I was enthralled by Robb White's books.  In particular "Flight Deck."  Most of his stuff his out of print, I believe.  More's the pity.

Basil Collier, "The War in the Far East 1941-1945", Morrow, 1969. I don't know whether it's in print either. I got my copy when the Boston library was "making more room." Idiots.

[philabos]

For the war in Burma, highly recommend "Defeat into Victory" by Slim.
Not only the story of a forgotten and under resourced army, and excellent guide even today for personnel management.

[Q-Ball]

ORIGINAL: miller41

I just finished Kaigun, Strategy, Tactics and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy 1887-1941.

This book, KAIGUN, by David Evans, is a must for any serious fans of Pac War! All you want to know about the building of the IJN.

[JohnDillworth]

Richard Frank's Guadalcanal, Cactus Air Force is a quick read, Bergerud's Fire in the Sky are pretty good titles. I also like just about anything from Edwin Hoyt although Glory of the Solomons, Japan's War and Blue Skies and Blood are a few of my favorites by him.

Bergerud's Fire in the Sky is excellent. It is a follow up to the truly great "Touched by Fire" which nails the Infantry war including tactics, training, mindset, wepons, battles ect in the SW pacific. Covers strength and weakness of both sides and gives the Australian infantry their due. IT really is a tossup as to who had the best infantry. On any given day in 1942 the diggers may have been the best

[JohnDillworth]

H P Wilmott's The Barrier and the Javelin and Empires in the Balance.

Fully agree. Single best book on the thinking of the US and Japan after the first string of Japanese victories and what to do next. Detailed strategic thinking

[JohnDillworth]

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ORIGINAL: LST Express

I love reading these book threads, but they've cost me some money the last few years. I keep ordering the dadgum books! "With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa" by E.B.Sledge is a helluva read imo.



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[JohnDillworth]

Tenzon, about Okinawa

Will anybody second "Goodbye Darkness" where William Manchester (McArther's and Churchill's bigrapher), revisits pacific battlefields and shares his experiences during the war ending his near fatal head injury at Okinawa

[Yank]

Goodbye Darkness: absolutely one of the best books on war I've ever read. Right up there with Philip Caputo's book on Vietnam (forget the name).  Both books represent the most personal accounts of war that you will ever read.

[rmielech]

ORIGINAL: Charbroiled

I always liked "Girls of the Pacific"....September issue.

A good one, but not much to read as opposed to just looking. Nothing wrong with that in this case, though.

[iaidoka2]

I just finished War Plan Orange by Miller - a surprisingly very good read (surprising because who would have thought the development of war plans could be made so interesting) - it is very well written and meticulously researched. Especially good for noobs (like me) because you get to understand why the Pacific war was fought the way it was, that helps in playing WITP and WITP AE.

[Loraljes]

warpath across the pacific. hickey.

about the 345th bomb group, stunning photos.

[oldman45]

The Army Air Forces in World War II is dry reading but its filled with information that puts some of the problems the US player has to deal with in the early war into perspective. Its 7 volumes and you might be able to find some of them in a good used bookstore or on line.

Another is a picture book set but it is some of the best air war pictures you will find. Title is Impact and its an 8 volume set.